Vintage African Nigerian Thorn Wood boat carving of 20 tribal figures in a Canoe
This beautiful piece is carved out of thorn wood, locally known as’oman’ wood. Oman wood trees grow in old growth forests of Ibadan and surrounding towns in the Oyo state of Nigeria – unique to the Yoruba people in the western regions of Nigeria, West Africa. This carving shows farmers and their wives in a canoe setting out on a… Read more →