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Übersetzung ansehenKopf - Ife - Nigeria (Ohne Mindestpreis)
Nr. 89044115
A bronze head in the style of Ife, depicting a young Oba, characterized by the typical Ife style features: The corners of the upper eyelids hang over those of the lower ones. There are grooves around the neck; the bronze is heavily encrusted with various layers of greenish brown patina, partly eroded, a dent at the top of the head, openings in the neck for nails, with which the head was probably originally attached to a wooden body. Certificate of origin and provenance.
Similar bronze heads like the one of the Wunmonije Compound type are quite often found, which raises the question of their use. It is assumed that they were attached to a life-size wooden figure, possibly with movable limbs. These figures were dressed in the same way as the person depicted would have been. Perhaps the Oba was thus able to attend ceremonies and burials without being personally present. When a new Oba came into power perhaps only the bronze head was replaced.
" ... four openings intended for nails, with which the head was probably originally attached to a wooden hull." translated from: Frank Willet, Ife, pl. 3.
"The life-size bronze heads from Ife may have been attached to similar bodies for the same purpose." translated from: Frank Willet, Ife, pl. 2.
Ife marionette (last photo sequence)
Lit.: Frank Willet, Ife. Neue Entdeckungen der Archäologie, 2. Auflage 1975, Tafel 2 und 3. H. Meyerowitz and V. Meyerowitz, Bronzes and Terra-Cottas from Ile-Ife, The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs (Oct., 1939). Arts de L'Afrique Noire, Jean Laude, translated by Jean Decock, University of California Press Berkeley, 1966, 1. Paperback-Edition 1973.
A bronze head in the style of Ife, depicting a young Oba, characterized by the typical Ife style features: The corners of the upper eyelids hang over those of the lower ones. There are grooves around the neck; the bronze is heavily encrusted with various layers of greenish brown patina, partly eroded, a dent at the top of the head, openings in the neck for nails, with which the head was probably originally attached to a wooden body. Certificate of origin and provenance.
Similar bronze heads like the one of the Wunmonije Compound type are quite often found, which raises the question of their use. It is assumed that they were attached to a life-size wooden figure, possibly with movable limbs. These figures were dressed in the same way as the person depicted would have been. Perhaps the Oba was thus able to attend ceremonies and burials without being personally present. When a new Oba came into power perhaps only the bronze head was replaced.
" ... four openings intended for nails, with which the head was probably originally attached to a wooden hull." translated from: Frank Willet, Ife, pl. 3.
"The life-size bronze heads from Ife may have been attached to similar bodies for the same purpose." translated from: Frank Willet, Ife, pl. 2.
Ife marionette (last photo sequence)
Lit.: Frank Willet, Ife. Neue Entdeckungen der Archäologie, 2. Auflage 1975, Tafel 2 und 3. H. Meyerowitz and V. Meyerowitz, Bronzes and Terra-Cottas from Ile-Ife, The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs (Oct., 1939). Arts de L'Afrique Noire, Jean Laude, translated by Jean Decock, University of California Press Berkeley, 1966, 1. Paperback-Edition 1973.
Einheimischer Name des Objekts
Kopf
Ethnie/ Kultur
Ife
Herkunftsland
Nigeria
Material
Terracotta
Sold with stand
Nein
Zustand
Angemessener Zustand
Höhe
31 cm
Gewicht
2,9 kg
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