Veranda Post: Equestrian Figure and Female Caryatid, before 1938, Nigeria, Yorubaland, Efon-Alaiye region, Yoruba peoples, Ekiti group, Wood, pigment, H. 71 x W. 11 1/4 x D. 14 in. (180.3 x 28.6 x 35.6 cm), Wood-Architectural, Olowe of Ise (Nigerian, born Ise, about 1873–1938), This monumental work was one of a series of carved architectural supports designed for the exterior courtyard of a Yoruba palace. It was commissioned by a king from the most renowned master sculptor in the history of Yoruba art, Olowe of Ise
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Veranda Post, Equestrian Figure, Female Caryatid, 1938, Nigeria, Yorubaland, Efon-Alaiye region, Yoruba peoples, Ekiti group, Wood, pigment, H, 71 x W, 11 1/4 D, 14, 180.3 28.6 35.6 cm, Wood-Architectural, Olowe of Ise, Nigerian, born, about, 1873–1938, monumental, work, series, carved architectural, supports, designed, exterior courtyard, palace, commissioned, king, renowned master, sculptor, history, art, Olowe, Ise
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