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posted on 2025-05-22, 11:17 authored by Abidemi Babatunde Babalola
Beaded foot stool made for Ooni of Ife. Ooni's name, office title (Ojaja II), and the adopted crest for the office are embroidered to the stool. The image of lion symbolises fearlessness and fierceness

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Rights owner

Abidemi Babatunde Babalola

Title alt

Apoti itise

Description alt

Apoti itise ti a fi akun se funOOni ti Ife. Oruko Ooni, akole ofiisi ni a fi sinu apoti na. awon kinniun sapeere aiberu ati gbigbona janjan

Cultural group

Yoruba

Participants

Alaba Owojori, Abidemi Babatunde Babalola, Omokolade Omigbule, Ayobami Samuel Diya

Country

Nigeria

Place

Ile-Ife, South west region

Cultural context/event

General production

Location

Workshop

Date of creation

2021-04-28

Unique ID

2019LG01-0056