Veranda Post (Òpó)

early to mid-1900s Overall: 106.6 cm (41 15/16 in.)
https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.55

Yorùbá palaces comprise several courtyards surrounded by carved figurative veranda posts. This post was probably used on one of the smaller verandas containing a palace shrine. The mounted warrior and kneeling woman, two common themes in the Ekiti region, signify the distribut...

Sculpture

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144769
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en
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1969.55
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