Ife peoples, Ilé-Ifé region, Southwestern Nigeria
Terracotta with residue of red pigment and traces of mica
12th-14th century
Height: 26.7 cm
Provenance
European Art Market
Private Collection, Switzerland
Selected Exhibition History
29 January-19 July 1998, Los Angeles, CA, Fowler Museum at UCLA, Beads, Body, and Soul: Art and Light in the Yoruba Universe
6 February-11 April 1999, Atlanta, GA, Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Beads, Body, and Soul: Art and Light in the Yoruba Universe
21 September 2011-29 January 2012, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Heroic Africans: Legendary Leaders, Iconic Sculptures
26 February-3 June 2012, Zürich, Museum Rieberg, Helden. Ein neuer Blick auf die Kunst Afrikas
Permanent Exhibition: Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX,
[Acc. No. AP 1994.04]
Selected Publication History:
Henry J. Drewal and John Mason, Beads, Body, and Soul: Art and Light in the Yorùbá Universe, Los Angeles, 1998, p. 37, cat. 25
Alissa LaGamma, Heroic Africans: Legendary Leaders, Iconic Sculptures,New York, 2011, cat. 55