George Bandele

George Bandele (1908/10–1995) was the son of the famous Yoruba woodcarver Areogun of Osi-Ilorin. He began training in the craft as a teenager and in 1947 joined the Oye-Ekiti workshop, becoming one of its foremost artists. Even after the closure of the workshop, Bandele continued to carve pieces for the Society of African Missions, as well as for traditional Yoruba religious, royal, and civic clients.