Many of these Okhuo represent young unmarried women, which we know as they are naked except for a girdle of Ekan or Ivie around their waist or hips. They would mostly likely have been maidens serving in the royal court of the Ọba or that of the Iy’Ọba.
Many of these Okhuo represent young unmarried women, which we know as they are naked except for a girdle of Ekan or Ivie around their waist or hips. They would mostly likely have been maidens serving in the royal court of the Ọba or that of the Iy’Ọba.
