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Iya Agba Sisi in Yoruba Language means Grand mother or very elderly woman dressed up as a young maiden (the Sisi) (The Upper Part of the background is white) Ok... This subject is about the maidens of decades ago in their Sunday Best or Party Dress in the 1940s to early 1960. I have had this photograph taken in a studio in the 1950s before I was born few years after. It was in black and white of a woman in a regal dressing style of those days. You will notice a touch of the British (western influence) -the round shaped glasses, -the modest wrist watch, -eclectic handbag on the floor and -the Roman sandals/shoes that complete this outfit of a Yoruba woman. The Yoruba woman's party outfit (from South Western Nigeria) has not changed much lately. Decades back, you had the top - the Buba- with a different color and type of fabric, different from the wrapper adorning the waist downwards. You have a 3rd element, the sash - the Iborun- which is slung over a shoulder, meant to be used against the scorching sun. At times tied around the hips as a second layer. Today, the modifications demands that the top and the wrapper must color match with same type of fabric BUT the Iborun still tend to be in Aso Oke (locally sewn over the ages in the traditional sense of it.) So this studio shot was a hybrid of African and Western influence with all the elements complementing; at that time and even today. I had to paint this for posterity...
Iya Agba Sisi in Yoruba Language means Grand mother or very elderly woman dressed up as a young maiden (the Sisi) (The Upper Part of the background is white) Ok... This subject is about the maidens of decades ago in their Sunday Best or Party Dress in the 1940s to early 1960. I have had this photograph taken in a studio in the 1950s before I was born few years after. It was in black and white of a woman in a regal dressing style of those days. You will notice a touch of the British (western influence) -the round shaped glasses, -the modest wrist watch, -eclectic handbag on the floor and -the Roman sandals/shoes that complete this outfit of a Yoruba woman. The Yoruba woman's party outfit (from South Western Nigeria) has not changed much lately. Decades back, you had the top - the Buba- with a different color and type of fabric, different from the wrapper adorning the waist downwards. You have a 3rd element, the sash - the Iborun- which is slung over a shoulder, meant to be used against the scorching sun. At times tied around the hips as a second layer. Today, the modifications demands that the top and the wrapper must color match with same type of fabric BUT the Iborun still tend to be in Aso Oke (locally sewn over the ages in the traditional sense of it.) So this studio shot was a hybrid of African and Western influence with all the elements complementing; at that time and even today. I had to paint this for posterity...
Iya Agba Sisi in Yoruba Language means Grand mother or very elderly woman dressed up as a young maiden (the Sisi) (The Upper Part of the background is white) Ok... This subject is about the maidens of decades ago in their Sunday Best or Party Dress in the 1940s to early 1960. I have had this photograph taken in a studio in the 1950s before I was born few years after. It was in black and white of a woman in a regal dressing style of those days. You will notice a touch of the British (western influence) -the round shaped glasses, -the modest wrist watch, -eclectic handbag on the floor and -the Roman sandals/shoes that complete this outfit of a Yoruba woman. The Yoruba woman's party outfit (from South Western Nigeria) has not changed much lately. Decades back, you had the top - the Buba- with a different color and type of fabric, different from the wrapper adorning the waist downwards. You have a 3rd element, the sash - the Iborun- which is slung over a shoulder, meant to be used against the scorching sun. At times tied around the hips as a second layer. Today, the modifications demands that the top and the wrapper must color match with same type of fabric BUT the Iborun still tend to be in Aso Oke (locally sewn over the ages in the traditional sense of it.) So this studio shot was a hybrid of African and Western influence with all the elements complementing; at that time and even today. I had to paint this for posterity...
Iya Agba Sisi in Yoruba Language means Grand mother or very elderly woman dressed up as a young maiden (the Sisi) (The Upper Part of the background is white) Ok... This subject is about the maidens of decades ago in their Sunday Best or Party Dress in the 1940s to early 1960. I have had this photograph taken in a studio in the 1950s before I was born few years after. It was in black and white of a woman in a regal dressing style of those days. You will notice a touch of the British (western influence) -the round shaped glasses, -the modest wrist watch, -eclectic handbag on the floor and -the Roman sandals/shoes that complete this outfit of a Yoruba woman. The Yoruba woman's party outfit (from South Western Nigeria) has not changed much lately. Decades back, you had the top - the Buba- with a different color and type of fabric, different from the wrapper adorning the waist downwards. You have a 3rd element, the sash - the Iborun- which is slung over a shoulder, meant to be used against the scorching sun. At times tied around the hips as a second layer. Today, the modifications demands that the top and the wrapper must color match with same type of fabric BUT the Iborun still tend to be in Aso Oke (locally sewn over the ages in the traditional sense of it.) So this studio shot was a hybrid of African and Western influence with all the elements complementing; at that time and even today. I had to paint this for posterity...

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Iya Agba Sisi Classic 50s Fashion Painting

Muyiwa Osifuye

Nigeria

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Iya Agba Sisi in Yoruba Language means Grand mother or very elderly woman dressed up as a young maiden (the Sisi) (The Upper Part of the background is white) Ok... This subject is about the maidens of decades ago in their Sunday Best or Party Dress in the 1940s to early 1960. I have had this photo...

Year Created:

2020

Subject:

Culture

Styles:

Expressionism

, 

Impressionism

, 

Documentary

, 

Realism

, 

Portraiture

 

Mediums:

Watercolor

, 

Paper

 

Mediums:

Painting, Watercolor on Paper

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One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:

14.1 W x 19.8 H x 0.1 D in

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�Muyiwa Osifuye I simply bring my creative skills to you to enjoy and collect. ============== For your ease of navigation.... Please check: a) The Painting Collection and b) The Photography Collection ================= My works would be a buffet. I just want to be free with varied subjects and styles. Welcome.

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