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title: Wooden Figure, Oyo Empire
author: The British Museum
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# Wooden Figure, Oyo Empire

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## Image File

[![Wooden Figure, Oyo Empire](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/12050.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/12050.jpg)

## Image Caption

A carved wooden male figure with headdress from the [Oyo Empire](https://www.worldhistory.org/Oyo_Empire/) (17-19th century CE) in what is today southern Nigeria. Height: 28.5 cm. (British Museum, London)

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### MLA
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