- Veranda post of enthroned king and senior wife
- 1910-1914 CE
- pigmented wood
- Olowe of Ise, Yoruba peoples, modern day Nigeria
Yoruba Culture
- “afin” is the royal palace
- many courtyards surrounded by verandas
- steep roofs
- courtyards are used for gathering people for public rites
- “ogoga” - means king
- “ari” - artists commissioned constantly to embellish “afins”
- senior wife is responsible for coronation
- also responsible for some governing
- projections from the top of the head show divine presence
Olowe of Ise
- best Yoruba sculptor
- carved hard iroko tree as if it were soft
- “ojuona” - design consciousness
Veranda Post
- sculpted for the “afin” at Ikere by Olowe of Ise
- dependence of king on others
- senior wife has importance by her posture
- junior wife is depicted as small, hierarchy of figures
- power of women
- startling blue
- standing behind conveys the hidden power
- caryatid - meant as a column
- interrelationship of figures
- exaggerated proportions and open space
- scale conveys the kings power comes from ancestors
- shown in the dominating, intricate crown
- lines from senior wife to enthroned king
- conveys intimate relationship
- presence of bird
- conveys power in spiritual realm