A few of the beautiful pieces of art and artifacts we have added to our Ibezimako Villa so far. Many were found at the Lekki Arts & Crafts Market, but we also found lots of goodies from artisans at Eleko beach and from our travels in Tanzania.
Above photos: Original paintings by Ileogben Michael. Found at the Lekki Arts & Crafts Market.
Above photos: Mixed-media fabric and ink paintings by Agboola Johnston. Found at the Lekki Arts & Crafts Market.
Above photos left to right: carved buffalo horn; carved map of Africa and its wildlife. Both found at the Lekki Arts & Crafts Market.
Above photos: A hand-carved standing mirror by Samuel Adenegan (Big Sam). Found at the Lekki Arts & Crafts Market.
Above photos: Carved antelope in ebony; carved hippo in rosewood and rhino in ebony.
Above photos: Canoes carved by Adediran Tiamiyu.
Clockwise from top left: Maasai warrior painting by Kenyan artist Shake Makelele; ‘Colors of Music,’ ankara on canvas painting by Peter Otose; painting of elephants and zebras in the Serengeti by Kenyan artist Robert Aswani; painting of a woman holding a basket; painting of Lagos traffic by Adeniyi Adewale.
Above photos: Lagos ‘molue’ buses hand-carved by Adediran Tiamiyu.
Clockwise from top left: A monogramed cutting board beside a fly whisker from Tanzania; an assortment of vintage beads (including waist beads that were worn by Igbo brides); a drinking horn on display in Chuck’s bar area; decorative gourds; one of our entrance lions that were handmade by local artist for us.
Our discovery of these works of arts here has exponentially heightened my inner curiosity to know more, just as one of the avid artiste we met asserted proudly, “these are just a scratch on the surface of the depth of Nigerian and indeed, African artifacts; most of which were stolen by the colonizers and still not returned.”