Ife head

Country: Nigeria

Material: bronze alloy

Measurements: 16X44cm

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These are reproductions of the originals from the ancient Benin kingdoms in Ifé, in present-day Nigeria.

They are made using the lost wax technique.

Ife Bronze Head, or Ife head, is one of eighteen copper alloy sculptures that were unearthed in 1938 at Ife in Nigeria, the former religious and royal center of the Yoruba people. They usually represent a person of royalty

*All products are made by hand so there may be some variation in shape and size.