Ọwọ́ as Hand and Eye

Ọwọ́ as Hand and Eye

I showed Iya Oyo the drawing of her portrait I made one day. She said, “Ọ̣wọ́ rẹ gún,” (Your hands are straight), as she admired the portrait.

Baba Oyo responded with, “Ojú rẹ̀ gún” (His eyes are straight).

I was baffled. “What is straight, my eye or my hand?” I asked them.