Ife bronze and terracotta sculpture

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Yoruba art archaeological culture artistic tradition

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.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Ife bronze heads 5
Ife terracotta heads 2
Ife art 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 Western Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Southwestern Nigeria

present-day Nigeria ⓘ
notableWork Ife bronze and terracotta sculpture self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ife bronze heads

Ife bronze and terracotta sculpture self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ

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Yoruba → artTradition → Ife bronze and terracotta sculpture ⓘ
Ife Kingdom → artStyle → Ife bronze and terracotta sculpture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ife art
Ife bronze and terracotta sculpture → notableWork → Ife bronze and terracotta sculpture self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ife bronze heads
Ife bronze and terracotta sculpture → notableWork → Ife bronze and terracotta sculpture self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ife terracotta heads
Wunmonije compound → knownFor → Ife bronze and terracotta sculpture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ife bronze heads
Wunmonije compound → foundInExcavation → Ife bronze and terracotta sculpture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ife bronze heads
Wunmonije compound → foundInExcavation → Ife bronze and terracotta sculpture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ife terracotta heads
Tede → notableFor → Ife bronze and terracotta sculpture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ife bronze sculptures
Tede → notableFor → Ife bronze and terracotta sculpture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ife terracotta sculptures
Ori Olokun head → relatedTo → Ife bronze and terracotta sculpture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ife bronze heads
Ifẹ people → associatedWith → Ife bronze and terracotta sculpture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ife bronze heads