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Hunter-Warrior and Wife

  The male figure is dressed as a hunter and has his hair styled in the fashion of  a hunter, a braided hairpiece projecting from the top and extending down the back of the head.

The hairstyle of the female figure, the wife of the hunter warrior, is similar to that of her husband.14

Yoruba: Sculpture of West Africa.  Fagg, Pemberton, Holcombe, Eds.  1982.  p67

Male & Female Hunter figures
Oshogob-Ede area
Woor - H. 26" & 26 1/2"
Male - Seattle Art Musuem
Female - Private Collection

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