Caryatid Veranda Post

Postmaker Olowe of Ise and Courtesy of the Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde, Munichca. 1938

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Washington, D.C., United States

Olowe's sculptures were used as veranda posts, or columns, adorning the entrances to homes and shrines in traditional Yoruban courtyards in present day Nigeria.
Courtesy of the Staatliches Museum fur Volkerkunde, Munich

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Title: Caryatid Veranda Post
Creator: Postmaker Olowe of Ise, Courtesy of the Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde, Munich
Date Created: ca. 1938
Subject Keywords: Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

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