Thomas Ona Odulate

Standing European Couple

20th century

Category
Culture
Yoruba Peoples
Place Made
Nigeria: Ijebu-Ode
Materials
Wood, pigment, string
Measurements
9 x 4 5/16 x 1 7/8 in (22.86 x 10.95375 x 4.7625 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles N. Monsted
Accession #
88.305.a-.d
Description

Figures (man on proper right, woman on proper left) with arms around each other standing on mutual oval platform, man wearing coat and tie, woman wearing shirt-waist dress and long necklace, each figure wearing detachable pith helmets (his painted white) woman carrying detachable purse in proper left hand