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This image is a painting depicting two bare-chested adult males standing upright against a textured golden-yellow background in Ado, Nigeria. The subject on the left is a dark-skinned male with a large afro-textured hairstyle adorned with a single dark feather. His face displays white circular and linear paint patterns on his forehead and left cheek. He wears a cowrie shell necklace, white paint dots on his left bicep, and a cowrie shell bracelet on his left wrist. His lower body is draped in an orange fabric wrap with irregular blue and lighter patterns. Both his hands are clasped together at his waist, holding a bundle of green leafy plants. The subject on the right is a dark-skinned male, taller than the left, also with a large afro-textured hairstyle, adorned with a single blue feather. His face features white circular and linear paint patterns on his forehead and right cheek. He wears a cowrie shell necklace and white paint dots on his right bicep. His lower body is draped in a matching orange fabric wrap with irregular blue and lighter patterns. His right hand is positioned beneath the left male's clasped hands, jointly supporting the bundle of green leafy plants. He wears a cowrie shell bracelet on his right wrist. Both individuals face forward, looking towards the viewer. The golden-yellow background exhibits visible preliminary pencil or thin paint sketches of additional forms or patterns, indicating underpainting or an unfinished state.
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