Housepost, One of Pair
- Culture: Yoruba
- Medium: Wood, pigment
- Place Made: Nigeria
- Dates: late 19th or early 20th century
- Dimensions: 62 3/4 x 8 1/2 x 6 in. (159.4 x 21.6 x 15.2 cm)
- Collections: Arts of Africa and the Pacific Islands
- Museum Location:
This item is on view in African Galleries, 1st Floor - Accession Number: 82.154.2
- Credit Line: Gift of Allen A. Davis
- Image: Group, 82.154.2_cropped_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
- Catalogue Description: Carved wood figurative house post painted red-brown, and composed of a horse and rider at the top. The bearded rider holds the handle of a flywhisk in his right hand. The whisk rests on his right shoulder. His coiffure is painted blue. He wears arm rings and bracelets, a tasseled baldric and is seated on a saddle with stirrups. The horse has a bridle. The equestrian figure rests on a small platform. Under him is a figure of a kneeling woman with hands supporting breasts. She wears ear plugs, bracelets, an amulet necklace, and girdle. Her coiffure is painted blue. Condition: Good. Evidence of wear and erosion from age visible throughout. Rider's left forearm is missing.
Figurative posts often support the verandas of distinguished places such as important shrines or the dwellings of kings, titled elders, and priests. Just as a post supports the house, the carved figures represent the individuals who support and uphold the leader in his office.
This text refers to these objects: 82.154.1; 82.154.2
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