Exceptional plaque ifee - 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 other great naturalistic cultures of antiquity, Greece and Rome.

These extraordinary bronze plaques bear witness to the excellent craftsmanship of the bronze artisans.

Cast in the lost-wax process, they recount, in the manner of an illustrated book, the important and glorious deeds associated with the Obas. They were nailed to the walls of palaces.