maganayakare:ukpuru:Oyewusi II in his beaded coronation tunic, which the Speed Art Museum recently p
maganayakare:ukpuru:Oyewusi II in his beaded coronation tunic, which the Speed Art Museum recently purchased from the Douglas Dawson Gallery.Ulli Beier (1982). Yoruba Beaded Crowns: Sacred Regalia of the Olokuku and the Okuku. [Cover Detail]. [+][Greater Niger Series]See the women behind him.Might be unrelated but most people don’t know that half of the minsiters in the Oyo kingdom were women. Other Yoruba kingdoms and towns followed suit and had women in powerful positions. Matriarchal -- source link