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Visual depiction of Obatala

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Vol. II · Polytheism

Obatala

Yoruba shaper of human bodies


a white-robed deity of purity modeling human forms from white clay on a hilltop, the imperfect among them his most beloved

Organization
Mixed Bronze/Iron-Age pantheons
Time period
varies
Location
varies

Source attribution

This visual depiction is one of 1,947 in the archive — a creative historical rendering of how Mixed Pantheons (set 5) has expressed the divine. The depiction is interpretive, not iconographic.