dec 30, 1910 - Veranda post of enthroned king and senior wife (Opo Ogoga)

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1910-1914 CE
Wood and pigment
Olowe of Ise (Yoruba peoples)
• Structural support post of the palace
• Sculpted by artist Oloway
• Charctersitics- bulging eyes, gap in teeth, believed women had the ability of spirit posession
• Size of the queen suggests the importance of women

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