Yoruba/African Art Flashcards

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Q

Ibeji (twin figures)

A

Nigeria
Wood
Fertility/wellbeing, share souls

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2
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Ifa Divination

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Ifa, Eshu, man and woman made 16 palm fruits

Tapper, tray, container for Palm fruits

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3
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Veranda posts

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Palace of the Ogaga of Ikere
1910-1914
Olowe of Ise
Oba (king) and wife behind him, twins, man on horse
Wood
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Palace doors

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Palace of Ogaga of Ikere
Olowe of Ise
1904-1910
Wood
Depicts oba's first encounter with colonial government in 1889
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5
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Egungun (masquerade)

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Nigeria

Masks hide body completely

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