Nigeria Bronze Sculptures

Nigeria bronze sculptures Le royaume de bénin au sud de l actuel nigeria est réputé pour ses magnifiques bronzes et ses sculptures en ivoire.

Nigeria bronze sculptures. It is believed to represent a king. Bronze sculpture history benin nigeria with the backing of the monarchy selected artists of benin developed a special style of sculpture vastly different from the rest of the region. Category mid 20th century tribal nigerian sculptures. Ancient yoruba artists made heads in bronze and terracotta that.

The bronze head date from the creation of the title of iyoba awarded to the woman and mother uhunmwun elao who literally gave birth to the future king oba esipie 1504 1550. A benin bronze plaque on display in the british museum ancestral shrine royal palace benin city 1891. The bronze head from ife or ife head is one of eighteen copper alloy sculptures that were unearthed in 1938 at ife in nigeria the religious and former royal centre of the yoruba people. The artefact is from nigeria s south western ife city famous.

Bronze half figure of oni. The tradition of bronze casting in west africa reached its peak during the great kingdoms of the 14th 19th century. 15th 16th ce ancient benin nigeria. Benin nigeria bronze sculptures of leopards from the mid 20th century offered for sale is a pair of modern mid 20th century copies of benin modern day nigeria bronze figural s.

Mexico has returned an ancient bronze sculpture to nigeria after thwarting an attempt to smuggle it into the country officials say.