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Asiru Olatunde

Cocoa Picking

Yoruba, 1959-1968

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Asiru Olatunde

Cocoa Picking

Yoruba, 1959-1968

Physical Qualities Hammered aluminum, 39.2 H x 78 W x 2 D cm.
Credit Line Gift of Mimi Wolford, Washington, D.C.
Object Number 2001.479
Hammered relief depicting three men picking cocoa pods from two trees, and three women with baskets containing cocoa pods.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2001; Mimi Wolford, Washington, DC

Inscribed: '20' stamped on the top center.

Artist/Maker

Asiru Olatunde

1917–1992

Nigerian, 1918-1993
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