Bronze Head from Ife

sculpture from Ife
VisualArtwork sculpture Q15409979
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Bronze Head from Ife

Summary

Bronze Head from Ife is a sculpture[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of sculpture entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (496 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bronze Head from Ife's instance of is recorded as sculpture[3].
  • Bronze Head from Ife is owned by British Museum[4].
  • Bronze Head from Ife is associated with the Yoruba art movement[5].
  • Bronze Head from Ife's depicts is recorded as Olokun[6].
  • Bronze Head from Ife's depicts is recorded as Ooni of Ife[7].
  • Bronze Head from Ife is made of copper-based alloy[8].
  • Bronze Head from Ife is made of brass[9].
  • Bronze Head from Ife's location of discovery is recorded as Ile Ife[10].
  • Bronze Head from Ife's collection is recorded as British Museum[11].
  • Bronze Head from Ife's inventory number is recorded as Af1939,34.1[12].
  • Bronze Head from Ife took place at British Museum[13].
  • Bronze Head from Ife's Commons category is recorded as Bronze Head from Ife from the British Museum[14].
  • 1300 marks the founding of Bronze Head from Ife[15].
  • Bronze Head from Ife's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1938[16].
  • Bronze Head from Ife's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 7.47222, 'lon': 4.55556}[17].
  • Bronze Head from Ife's described at URL is recorded as http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/object/EAF18043[18].
  • Bronze Head from Ife's height is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+35'}[19].
  • Bronze Head from Ife's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikiproject Looted heritage[20].

Body

Subject and Themes

Bronze Head from Ife is associated with the Yoruba art movement[5].

Material and Period

Recorded made from material include copper-based alloy[8] and brass[9]. Bronze Head from Ife took place at British Museum[13].

Why It Matters

Bronze Head from Ife ranks in the top 8% of sculpture entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (496 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15d ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-07-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of
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    Made from material copper-based alloy, brass
    Movement Yoruba art
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