God of Thunder
God of Thunder
Artist
Jimo Akolo
(Nigerian, 1934 - 2023)
Date1964
DimensionsFrame: 59 1/2 × 39 1/2 × 1 in. (151.1 × 100.3 × 2.5 cm)
Mediumoil on canvas
ClassificationPaintings
Credit LineGift of Mrs. C. Lockhart McKelvy, by exchange
Object number
2025.27
Not on View
DescriptionTwo female figures kneeling before a towering male figure with a tools in each hand. The subjects are set against a vibrant back drop of lush green forest land and vibrant red earth.
Published ReferencesC. Okeke-Agulu, Postcolonial Modernism: Art and Decolonization in Twentieth-Century Nigeria,(London, 2015), pp.71-87.
2023
6th-8th century CE
19th century?
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