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Thomas Ona Ondulate was a trained Yoruba sculptor who also created work to sell to Europeans.
This figure of a British colonial district officer on tour combines a sure carving style with gentle irony. While Europeans often thought that they were being caricatured, the artist said that "he was simply representing the world as he saw it."
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