Ife bronze and terracotta sculpture
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Ife bronze and terracotta sculpture refers to the highly naturalistic and technically sophisticated royal and ritual artworks produced in ancient Ile-Ife, a major cultural and spiritual center of the Yoruba people in present-day Nigeria.
Aliases (3)
- Ife art ×1
- Ife bronze heads ×1
- Ife terracotta heads ×1
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Yoruba art
→
archaeological culture → artistic tradition → |
| associatedWith |
Ile-Ife
→
Ooni of Ife → Yoruba kingship → Yoruba religion → |
| culture |
Yoruba
→
|
| depicts |
Yoruba rulers
→
deities and sacred figures → ritual specialists → royal personages → |
| foundAt |
Ife archaeological sites
→
Ita Yemoo → Tede → Wunmonije compound → |
| function |
representation of sacred kingship
→
ritual use → royal commemoration → |
| hasCharacteristic |
highly naturalistic
→
ritual function → royal iconography → technically sophisticated → |
| hasGenre |
portrait sculpture
→
ritual object → royal regalia → |
| hasMaterial |
brass
→
bronze → clay → copper alloy → terracotta → |
| inCollectionOf |
British Museum
→
Ife Museum → National Museum Lagos → |
| influenced |
Benin court art
→
later Yoruba court art → |
| locatedIn |
Southwestern Nigeria
→
present-day Nigeria → |
| notableWork |
Ife bronze heads
→
Ife terracotta heads → Ori Olokun head → |
| producedBy |
Yoruba artists
→
|
| producedIn |
Ile-Ife
→
|
| recognizedAs |
major achievement of African art
→
|
| timePeriod |
circa 11th to 15th century CE
→
medieval period in West Africa → |
| usesTechnique |
hollow casting
→
lost-wax casting → modeling in clay → |
Referenced by (4)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Ife bronze and terracotta sculpture
("Ife bronze heads")
→
Ife bronze and terracotta sculpture ("Ife terracotta heads") → |
notableWork |
|
Ife Kingdom
("Ife art")
→
|
artStyle |
|
Yoruba
→
|
artTradition |