Ife Museum

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cultural institution museum

Ife Museum is a cultural institution in Ile-Ife, Nigeria, renowned for preserving and exhibiting the sophisticated bronze and terracotta artworks of the ancient Yoruba civilization.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Ife Museum canonical 2
Ife Museum of Antiquities 1
Ife archaeological complex 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural institution ⓘ
museum ⓘ
associatedWith Ife culture ⓘ
ancient Yoruba civilization ⓘ
collectionType ancient regalia ⓘ
bronze artworks ⓘ
ritual objects ⓘ
stone sculptures ⓘ
terracotta artworks ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
culturalContext Yoruba people ⓘ
culturalHeritage Yoruba bronze heads ⓘ
Yoruba terracotta heads ⓘ
royal and ritual sculptures ⓘ
exhibitionType permanent exhibitions ⓘ
temporary exhibitions ⓘ
focus Yoruba art ⓘ
Yoruba culture ⓘ
archaeological artifacts ⓘ
hasCollectionFrom Ile-Ife ⓘ
surface form: ancient city of Ife

medieval Yoruba period ⓘ
hasFunction conservation of artifacts ⓘ
public display of collections ⓘ
support of academic research ⓘ
heritageType national museum ⓘ
languageOfEnvironment English ⓘ
Yoruba ⓘ
locatedIn Osun State ⓘ
Western Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Southwest Nigeria
location Ile-Ife ⓘ
name Ife Museum self-link ⓘ
near Ooni’s Palace, Ile-Ife ⓘ
operatedBy National Commission for Museums and Monuments of Nigeria ⓘ
regionServed Ile-Ife ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
Osun State ⓘ
role education on Yoruba history and culture ⓘ
preservation of Yoruba archaeological finds ⓘ
tourist attraction in Ile-Ife ⓘ
significance important center for Yoruba cultural heritage ⓘ
major repository of classical Ife art ⓘ
renowned for sophisticated bronze and terracotta artworks ⓘ
subjectOf research on Yoruba art history ⓘ
typeOfArtDisplayed classical Yoruba naturalistic sculpture ⓘ
traditional African art ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ife bronze and terracotta sculpture → inCollectionOf → Ife Museum ⓘ
Ile-Ife → hasMuseum → Ife Museum ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Museum, Ife
Ile-Ife → hasMuseum → Ife Museum ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ife Museum of Antiquities
Ita Yemoo → partOf → Ife Museum ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ife archaeological complex
Ife Museum → name → Ife Museum self-link ⓘ