mar 9, 1913 - Veranda post of enthroned king and senior wife (Opo Ogoga)

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1910-1914 CE
Wood and pigment
Olowe of Ise (artist)
Nigeria (Yoruba peoples)
society.
This gesture echoes the coronation ceremony at which the senior wife stands behind the king and places the crown upon his head, thus conveying that men cannot rule without the support of women.

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