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Post by Shymmex on Dec 4, 2015 17:59:05 GMT
Old palace of Oyo with Royal Gables (Kobi) Only the palace of the Alafin in Old Oyo was allowed to have the high thatched gables and porches underneath them called kobi. Alaafin Aganju was responsible for errecting over 120 of these kobi. Their purpose served as a place for the Alaafin to view people who greeted him in his courtyards without being fully exposed. Palace door carved by the master, Olowe of Ise-Ekiti. Olowe was an Ekiti artist of the late 18th and early 19th century whose works (palace doors, veranda posts, other wood carvings) can still be found in palaces and other institutions today. Bowl carved by Olowe of Ise
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Post by Shymmex on Dec 5, 2015 12:43:54 GMT
Some of the world-famous Ife heads/bustsNigeria; Yoruba (Ife) peoples
Head of an Oni
Brass
H. 24 cm (9 7/16")
National Museum, Lagos, Nigeria Nigeria; Yoruba (Ife) peoples
Oni figure
Brass
H. 37 cm (14 9/16")
National Museum, Lagos, Nigeria
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Post by Shymmex on Dec 5, 2015 12:47:11 GMT
Terracotta from Owo Nigeria; Yoruba (Owo) peoples
Head
Clay
H. 17.4 cm (6 7/8”)
National Museum, Lagos, NigeriaNigeria; Yoruba (Owo) peoples
Figure
Clay
H. 25 cm (9 13/16”)
National Museum, Lagos, Nigeria
Gelede masquerade head
Mounted Warrior Veranda Post by Olowo of Ise
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Post by Shymmex on Dec 5, 2015 12:48:16 GMT
Copper head. Found at Wunmonije Compound, Ife, Nigeria.
Late 14th-early 16th century
Nigeria; Yoruba (Ife) peoples
Head of an Oni
Copper
H. 29 cm (11 7/16")
National Museum, Lagos, Nigeria
Nigeria; Yoruba (Ife) peoples
Head of an Oni
Brass
H. 31 cm (12 3/16")
National Museum, Lagos, Nigeria
Nigeria; Yoruba (Ife) peoples
Oni figure
Brass
H. 47.1 cm (18 9/16")
National Museum, Lagos, Nigeria
Nigeria; Yoruba (Ife) peoples
Head
Clay
H. 16 cm (6 1/4")
National Museum, Lagos, Nigeria
Nigeria; Yoruba (Ife) peoples
Head, possibly a king
Clay
H. 26.7 cm (10 1/2")
Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas
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Post by Shymmex on Dec 5, 2015 12:49:13 GMT
On its discovery, exactly a century ago, the life-size Olokun Head was considered too great a masterpiece to have been created by African hands, a reflection of attitudes at the time. Some European scholars even believed it to be evidence of the lost civilisation of Atlantis. It was not subjected to detailed study until 1948, when it left Nigeria for the first time, for an exhibition at the British Museum. Following scientific research, it was concluded that the head was not the original, but a replica which had been made to surreptitiously replace it, with the original sold to a foreign collector. Until now specialists have accepted that the Olokun Head from the Ife Museum is a replica, but a new theory is about to be tested: could the object be the original, dating from around 1400? If so, it might overturn our knowledge about early bronze casting in Africa.
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Post by Shymmex on Dec 5, 2015 12:51:05 GMT
Nigeria; Yoruba (Ife) peoples
Head
Clay
H. 16 cm (6 1/4")
National Museum, Lagos
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Post by Shymmex on Dec 5, 2015 12:51:40 GMT
Nigeria; Yoruba (Ife) peoples
Head of a queen
Clay
H. 25 cm (9 13/16")
National Museum, Lagos, Nigeria
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Post by Shymmex on Dec 5, 2015 12:52:50 GMT
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Post by Shymmex on Dec 5, 2015 12:55:40 GMT
Forged iron staff for Orisa Oko, deity of farming
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Post by Shymmex on Dec 5, 2015 12:56:21 GMT
Yoruba military architecture. The "magic door" of the sentry gatehouse, or "Akaba Idena" at Ketu, Benin.
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Post by Shymmex on Dec 5, 2015 12:57:19 GMT
IvoryThese are all ivory "iroke ifa" or divination tappers.
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Post by Shymmex on Dec 5, 2015 12:59:01 GMT
Carved ivory tusks
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Post by Shymmex on Dec 5, 2015 13:00:27 GMT
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Post by Shymmex on Dec 5, 2015 13:06:50 GMT
Brass armlets from Ijebu. Once again, these have Osugbo society themes. 15th-19th Century.
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Post by Shymmex on Dec 5, 2015 13:07:43 GMT
Oranmiyan was the legendary founder of the Oyo Empire. An architectural artifact associated with him is located in Ile-Ife. This is called Opa Oranmiyan, or "Oranmiyan's Staff."
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