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ID number:  BIRRC-D0038
Institution:  Research and Cultural Collections
Named collection:  Danford Collection of West African Art and Artefacts
Artist / Maker:  Olatunde, Asiru
Title / Object name:  Relief panel of houses, figures and trees
Object type:  Metalwork
Place made:  Oshogbo, W. Nigeria
Culture:  Yoruba
Date made:  c. 1963
Collector:  Bown, Lalage
Materials:  Aluminium
Measurements:  43 x 93 cm

Repoussé metalwork panel featuring a scene depicting figures, houses and trees.

Notes:  Asiru Olatunde (1918-1993) was a Nigerian artist, blacksmith, and painter. He was part of a creative community known as the Oshogbo School of Art.

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