A terra-cotta head in the style of ife of an Oba. The work is characterized by the typical Ife style features: The upper lid reaches over the lower lid. Around the lips is an accented edge. There are grooves around the neck. The portrait is of a man in his best years. It is calm and dignified with the mouth shut. He wears the typical head gear of an Oba; yellowish terra-cotta.

Lit.: Bronzes and Terra-Cottas from Ile-Ife, H. Meyerowitz and V. Meyerowitz, The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs. Arts de L'Afrique Noire, Jean Laude, translated by Jean Decock, University of California Press Berkeley, 1966, 1. Paperback-Edition 1973. 2000 ans d’histoire africaine. Le sol, la parole et l’écrit. Mélanges en hommage à Raymond Mauny. Tome I. Paris : Société française d'histoire d'outre-mer. Ife and Raymond Mauny, by Thurstan Shaw, 1981.

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Height: 17 cm
Weight: 580 g