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title: Ife Head Sculpture
author: The British Museum
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10300/ife-head-sculpture/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Ife Head Sculpture
_Authored by The British Museum_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/10300.jpg)
## Image Caption
A [sculpture](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Sculpture/) from [Ife](https://www.worldhistory.org/Ife/), capital of the kingdom of Ife (11-15th century CE) in what is today southern Nigeria. Painted plaster cast of a brass original. Height: 35.5 centimetres. 14th to early 15th century CE. (Brtish Museum, London)
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Museum, T. B. (2019, March 22). Ife Head Sculpture. *World History Encyclopedia*.
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Museum, The British. "Ife Head Sculpture." *World History Encyclopedia*, March 22, 2019. .
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Museum, The British. "Ife Head Sculpture." *World History Encyclopedia*, 22 Mar 2019, .
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