A brass head of an Ooni of Ife is listed among the five favourites of visitors to The British Museum. BritishMuseum britishmuseum Museum Ife Nigeria
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A brass head of an Ooni of Ife, 1300s-early 1400s is listed among the five favourites of visitors to The British Museum. It would be recalled that the work was among a number of brass heads found at a construction site in Ife, in the 1930s. “This one was bought by the editor of the Nigerian Daily Times, who took it to Britain; the rest remained in Nigeria ,” a statement attached to the piece stressed parts of the provenance already known. “It goes without saying that these extraordinary works of art must have played an important part in Ife culture.
Other artefacts listed among favourites include three corners loaf of bread, Egypt, 2000 BC; Michelangelo’s Adam, circa 1511; bronze Head of the Roman Emperor Augustus, The Meroe Head, 27-25 BC; and a badge depicting Mary Anning, dated 1995.
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