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The courtyard compound and its rain-catching impluvium, the palace as the same building at maximum scale, the town laid out around palace and market, the Afro-Brazilian houses of Lagos, and how little of it is still standing.

Architectural and sculptural analysis of Yorùbá palace veranda posts, detailing monoxylous carving techniques, named master sculptors, indigenous aesthetic frameworks, and collection histories.

A scholarly analysis of classical Yorùbá architecture, examining courtyard compounds, palace complexes, structural carving techniques, archaeological chronologies, and museum restitution debates.