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AID MIA_.95.84 OTY Sculpture OTG OTN Female Portrait Head MET H.12 x W.5-3/4 x D.7 in. MEG MCM overall MED MDV MDU inches OMG OMD terra-cotta CRG CRT Ife (Yoruba) CRC Ife (Yoruba) CRR Artist OCG OCT 12th century - 14th century OCS 1100 OCE 1399 STG SUG CXG CXD <P>Between the 12th and 14th centuries, the royal city of Ife, in present-day Nigeria, was a center of economic, religious and political power, and its importance was reflected in a highly developed and distinctive sculptural style. Portrait heads modeled in terra-cotta or bronze stood on royal shrines in the palace compound. This head, recently acquired by The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, probably represents a woman of the royal court. The delicate lines on her face show a pattern of scarification, the cutting of designs into the skin to mark identity, status and beauty. The sensitive realism of this portrait is unusual among African art styles which typically present abstracted and generalized representations of the human image. Works of art from Ife are very rare. This superb creation is one of only three in American museum collections.</P>
OOG OON The Minneapolis Institute of Arts OOP Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA OOA 95.84 OOC The John R. Van Derlip Fund ORG ORL http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html RIG RIP Y RID Full view RIR HasFormat RIL MIA_.1533c.tif RMG RMD Antenna Audio: Permanent Collection Tour RMR IsReferencedBy RML MIA_.AA200102.14.mp3 DCG DCB Soth: MIA Photo/Scanning Services DCD 19980225 AVD 20000614 AVV 1.2 ALY 1998
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