Across West Africa, palm sap is harvested by the tapping of trees. Bottles are attached to small holes drilled into the trunk of the tree. The collected sap is fermented and consumed as palm wine.
Additional Artworks
From MASUD OLUFANI
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Black Pearl, 2026
porcelain on wood panel
10.5 x 10.5 x 2.5 in (26.67 x 26.67 x 6.35 cm)
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Backbone, 2026
Stoneware, wood, glass, hair, photo transfer, paint and rice.
120 x 15 x 4 in (304.8 x 38.1 x 10.16 cm)
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A Wishbone for Nina Simone, 2025
Carved wood, powdered charcoal, and serigraph on wood panel.
38 x 26 x 5 in (96.52 x 66.04 x 12.7 cm)
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Hush Harbor for Baby Suggs, 2025
Wood, plexi glass, stone and trumpet
24 x 27 x 28 in (60.96 x 68.58 x 71.12 cm)
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La Diosa del Sol, 2024
Stoneware (cast yucca), and graphite on paper
36 x 36 x 7 in (91.44 x 91.44 x 17.78 cm)
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Can't Cage My Strut, 2024
Wood, paint, powdered charcoal, photo transfer on paper, stuffed rooster
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Okra Fly, 2024
Carved wood, stain, stoneware, steel.
62 x 16 x 22 in (157.48 x 40.64 x 55.88 cm)
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The Conjurer and the Oracle, 2024
Wood, steel, stoneware, red clay, acrylic paint, cloth, rope and tar.