Yoruba Wood Carving: Revision history

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22 February 2026

  • curprev 21:0721:07, 22 February 2026 Niger afr adm talk contribs 3,135 bytes +3,135 Created page with "'''Yoruba Wood Carving''' is a major artistic and craft tradition of the Yoruba people of southwestern Nigeria. Yoruba carvers produce a wide range of objects, including shrine figures, masks, doors, stools, and royal regalia, combining technical mastery with deep religious and cultural symbolism. == Historical Background == Wood carving has long been central to Yoruba artistic expression, closely tied to religious practice and systems of sacred kingship. Carvers tradi..."