Veranda Post: Equestrian Figure and Female Caryatid
1914
Olowe of Ise
Nigerian, 1873–1938
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Olowe of Ise is considered by Western art historians and collectors to be one of the most important 20th-century artists of the Yoruba people, an ethnic group in today's Nigeria. He was a wood sculptor and master innovator in the African style of design known as oju-ona.
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