© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University

ClassificationsAfrican Art

Verandah Post, Opo

Place CreatedNigeria, Africa

CultureYoruba, Ekiti region, Osi-Ilorin/Odo Owa region

Datelate 19th-early 20th Century

MediumWood

Credit LineGift of William S. Arnett

Dimensions60 3/4 x 6 15/16 in. (154.3 x 17.6 cm)

Object number1994.003.012

Exhibition HistoryAfrican Artistry: Technique and Aesthetics in Yoruba Sculpture, The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, April 17 - May 25, 1980
Art of Nigeria from the William S. Arnett Collection, Michael C. Carlos Museum, October 15, 1994 - January 2, 1995
Published ReferencesHenry John Drewal, African Artistry: Technique and Aesthetics in Yoruba Sculpture (Atlanta: High Museum of Art, 1980), 22, number 1.

ProvenanceEx coll. William S. Arnett (1939-2020), Atlanta, Georgia, by 1980.

Status

Not on view

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