Veranda Post: Equestrian Figure and Female Caryatid, Olowe of Ise, before 1938

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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. ( x x 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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