1. In the Service of Religion: Mbari, Yoruba Art &
The Oye Ekiti Catholic Workshop

2. Igbo Mbari Houses
Architecture created in response to urgent environmental
and social issues/concerns
A communal endeavor erected as shrines
in veneration of Ala, the Earth Goddess
Created with mud with representational images
to depict scenes of everyday lives
that might parody, critique, mirror, and or chronicle social events
Sculptures are panted with uli decorative patterns

3. Igbo Mbari House,
Ala flanked by her children,
Igboland, Nigeria
Painted mud, 20th century

4. Igbo Mbari House to Ala, the Earth Goddess, Adobe and wood, 20th century

5. Yoruba Religious Sculptures

6. Dada Arowogun,
Osi-Ilorin, Yoruba
Wood,
20th century

7. Arowogun, “Esu offering his pipe to the
District Officer”,
Osi-Ilorin, Yoruba
Wood, Pigment
20th century

8. Dada Arowogun,
Opon Ifa (Ifa Divination Tray)
In form of a bowl with cover,
Wood,
Early 20th century

9. Olowe
Veranda Post,
Wood, pigments
20th century

10. Olowe,
Ise-Ekiti, Yoruba
Wood, pigment
Early 20th century

11. Olowe
Bowl with figures
Wood, pigment
c.1925

12. George Bamidele,
Ogboni Drum,
Wood, 20th century

13. Neo-Traditional Experiments

14. George Bamidele,
Baptismal Font,
Wood, 20th century

15. George Bamidele, Christ on the Cross, wood, 20th century

16. Lamidi Fakeye, Flight into Egypt, wood, 20th century

17. Lamidi Fakeye, Justice, Iroko (wood), 1992/93

18. George Bamidele,
Madonna,
Wood, pigment
20th century

19. Lamidi Fakeye
Christmas Crib Set
(One of the Three Wisemen)
Wood, beads, pigments

20. Lamidi Fakeye
Medical Practitioners,
Mahogany,
1977

21. Lamidi Fakeye
Woman, Horse and Rider,
Ironwood
1999

22. George Bamidele,
Pillar Post,
Wood, 20th century

23. Lamidi Fakeye,
Oduduwa,
Wood, 20th century