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.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ife bronze heads | 5 |
| Ife terracotta heads | 2 |
| Ife art | 1 |
| Ife bronze and terracotta sculpture canonical | 1 |
| Ife bronze sculptures | 1 |
| Ife terracotta sculptures | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Yoruba art
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archaeological culture ⓘ artistic tradition ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Ile-Ife
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Ooni of Ife ⓘ Yoruba kingship ⓘ Yoruba religion ⓘ |
| culture | Yoruba ⓘ |
| depicts |
Yoruba rulers
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deities and sacred figures ⓘ ritual specialists ⓘ royal personages ⓘ |
| foundAt |
Ife archaeological sites
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Ita Yemoo ⓘ Tede ⓘ Wunmonije compound ⓘ |
| function |
representation of sacred kingship
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ritual use ⓘ royal commemoration ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
highly naturalistic
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ritual function ⓘ royal iconography ⓘ technically sophisticated ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
portrait sculpture
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ritual object ⓘ royal regalia ⓘ |
| hasMaterial |
brass
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bronze ⓘ clay ⓘ copper alloy ⓘ terracotta ⓘ |
| inCollectionOf |
British Museum
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Ife Museum ⓘ National Museum Lagos ⓘ |
| influenced |
Benin court art
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later Yoruba court art ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Western Nigeria
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surface form:
Southwestern Nigeria
present-day Nigeria ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Ife bronze and terracotta sculpture
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| producedBy | Yoruba artists ⓘ |
| producedIn | Ile-Ife ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | major achievement of African art ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
circa 11th to 15th century CE
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medieval period in West Africa ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
hollow casting
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lost-wax casting ⓘ modeling in clay ⓘ |
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