Add to ORKGThe Oba symbolizes the aspirations of a civilization at the highest level of authority. These sculptural heads were a consistent visual point of reference from ruler to ruler. The oba is often called by his praise name “Great Head,” emphasizing the head of the living leader as the center of responsibility for the kingdom.https://digitalcommons.pvamu.edu/african-sculptures-and-masks/1063/thumbnail.jp
Using a combination of oral traditions and written sources, this work reconstructs the history of Ow...
The standing figure by the Mumuye Peoples of Nigeria. These figures served as guardians and were oft...
African art and spirituality are inseparable. Looking at it specifically from the visible, concrete,...
The head is an idealized image of an oba, or king, of the Kingdom of Benin. portrait cast in bronze ...
The head of a man is part of a group of over a thousand known sculptures identified with a site in t...
This water spirit headdress is used in the masquerades of the Ekine men\u27s society. The headdresse...
This water spirit headdress is used in the masquerades of the Ekine men\u27s society. The headdresse...
This water spirit headdress is used in the masquerades of the Ekine men\u27s society. The headdresse...
The mask is believed to have been produced in the early sixteenth century for the King or ObaEsigie,...
The standing figure object has specific names and meanings, The sculptures are for use in funerary r...
Traditional African artists, as prominent members of their communities interpret their people’s thou...
These figures represent members of a god’s “family,” each figure being considered a minor deity in i...
These headdresses, also called ci wara, are carved to honor that original mythical being. Under Ci W...
This is a power figure made by a Kongo artist. These figures are meant to serve communities, helping...
The life-size copper mask from Ife (Fig. 1), the ancient re-ligious center of the Yoruba in southwes...
Using a combination of oral traditions and written sources, this work reconstructs the history of Ow...
The standing figure by the Mumuye Peoples of Nigeria. These figures served as guardians and were oft...
African art and spirituality are inseparable. Looking at it specifically from the visible, concrete,...
The head is an idealized image of an oba, or king, of the Kingdom of Benin. portrait cast in bronze ...
The head of a man is part of a group of over a thousand known sculptures identified with a site in t...
This water spirit headdress is used in the masquerades of the Ekine men\u27s society. The headdresse...
This water spirit headdress is used in the masquerades of the Ekine men\u27s society. The headdresse...
This water spirit headdress is used in the masquerades of the Ekine men\u27s society. The headdresse...
The mask is believed to have been produced in the early sixteenth century for the King or ObaEsigie,...
The standing figure object has specific names and meanings, The sculptures are for use in funerary r...
Traditional African artists, as prominent members of their communities interpret their people’s thou...
These figures represent members of a god’s “family,” each figure being considered a minor deity in i...
These headdresses, also called ci wara, are carved to honor that original mythical being. Under Ci W...
This is a power figure made by a Kongo artist. These figures are meant to serve communities, helping...
The life-size copper mask from Ife (Fig. 1), the ancient re-ligious center of the Yoruba in southwes...
Using a combination of oral traditions and written sources, this work reconstructs the history of Ow...
The standing figure by the Mumuye Peoples of Nigeria. These figures served as guardians and were oft...
African art and spirituality are inseparable. Looking at it specifically from the visible, concrete,...