TERA Gallery - African Art and Antiquities "Altering The Way You View The World Of Art" |
Type of Object:
Ethnic Group:
Dimensions:
- Ritual Object
20th c.
- The famous archaeological site at Igbo Ukwu in Nigeria produced a
number of remarkable objects cast in bronze including a vessel to pour
libations with detailed surface decoration. The surface is covered with
small circles and a serpent whose head is moving upwards to the large
opening.
It is an interest set of images difficult to understand or ascribe a
particular use. Though this bronze vesseal is a relatively late work when
compared to the early historical example from Igbo-Ukwu, it is important
to note is that the skill of the Nigerian bronze and brass casters of today
who cast this vessel continue a tradition nearly 1500 years old and have
not lost their skill in producing interesting works of art.
Ethnic Group:
- Igbo Society
Ukwu Society
- Nigeria
- Bronze
Dimensions:
- 8 inches
