Exceptional IFE plaque - Plaque - Bronze

The art of Ifé is the only one in Africa to offer anthropomorphic representations of such realism. This plaque is in the style of ancient plaques.

It is of such high artistic quality that it has often been compared to the great naturalist cultures of ancient Greece and Rome.

These extraordinary bronze plaques attest to the excellent craftsmanship of the bronze artisans.

These lost-wax casts trace, in the manner of an illustrated book, the important and glorifying deeds associated with the Obas. They were nailed to the walls of the palaces.