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The drawing was created in 1950 in the "Lantoro Mental Home" in Abeokuta, Nigeria. In 1982 it was exhibited together with with other drawings made in Abeokuta in 1950, in the exhibition exhibition "Hapless Heads. Paintings by crazy people from Nigeria" (Luckless Heads. Painting by de-ranged Nigerians) in Bayreuth. were shown in Bayreuth.

On the yellowed portrait-format paper paper is a drawing of a small animal. It is looking to the right. It appears to be sitting on its thin tail. The little legs and feet feet, arms and paws all seem to be pointing to the right. point to the right. The abdomen is somewhat plump and spherical and the upper body is slender and merges directly into the neck. The head is oval horizontal with a pointed beak. The body is in shades of brown and black colours. The tip of the tail and the claws of the hind legs are are yellow. There is another pattern on the back. It represents a plant. The plant has a red root ball and grows grows vertically upwards. It has three branches to the right and three to the left branches with leaves and small orange-yellow flowers. branches have large yellowish fruits.

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Iwalewahaus, Universität Bayreuth
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Object type
drawings (visual works)
Current location
Iwalewahaus, University of Bayreuth
Inventory number
G01021WN

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when
1950
where
Abeokuta, Nigeria
who
Ogundeji

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