Ori Olokun head
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The Ori Olokun head is a renowned ancient Ife bronze sculpture depicting the sacred head of the Yoruba deity Olokun, celebrated for its naturalistic style and cultural significance in West African art history.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ori Olokun head canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ife art
ⓘ
Yoruba artwork ⓘ bronze sculpture ⓘ |
| artStyle |
classical Ife style
ⓘ
naturalistic ⓘ |
| artTradition |
Ile-Ife
ⓘ
surface form:
Ife
|
| associatedCity | Ile-Ife ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
fertility
ⓘ
royal power ⓘ the sea ⓘ wealth ⓘ |
| associatedDeity | Olokun ⓘ |
| associatedPeople | Yoruba people ⓘ |
| category |
African bronze sculpture
ⓘ
Yoruba sacred art ⓘ archaeological artifact of Nigeria ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Nigeria ⓘ |
| culture | Yoruba ⓘ |
| depictionFeature |
highly naturalistic facial features
ⓘ
idealized human head ⓘ |
| depicts |
Olokun
ⓘ
sacred head of the deity Olokun ⓘ |
| function |
religious symbol
ⓘ
ritual object ⓘ |
| genre |
portrait head
ⓘ
sacred sculpture ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | culturally significant artifact of Nigeria ⓘ |
| iconography | Yoruba deity representation ⓘ |
| influenced | modern understanding of naturalism in African art ⓘ |
| material |
bronze
ⓘ
copper alloy ⓘ |
| period | ancient Ife period ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin |
Ile-Ife
ⓘ
surface form:
Ife
|
| relatedTo |
Ife bronze and terracotta sculpture
ⓘ
surface form:
Ife bronze heads
Yoruba royal imagery ⓘ |
| religiousContext |
Ifa tradition
ⓘ
Yoruba religion ⓘ |
| religiousRole | representation of a water and wealth deity ⓘ |
| significance |
important in Yoruba cultural heritage
ⓘ
key example of Ife bronze casting ⓘ major work of West African art history ⓘ |
| subjectOf | scholarly research in African art history ⓘ |
| subregion | West Africa ⓘ |
| technique | lost-wax casting ⓘ |
| usedIn | Yoruba religious practices ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.