{"product_id":"original-ife-bronze-head-nigeria-cast-metal-with-incised-facial-striations","title":"Original Ife Bronze Head – Nigeria, Cast Metal With Incised Facial Striations","description":"\u003cp\u003eA cast bronze\/brass head in the Ife style of Nigeria, featuring a spiked finial rising from a banded coiffure at the crown. The face is densely covered in fine vertical incised striations across the forehead, cheeks, and chin, with almond-shaped eyes, a straight nose, and pierced ears. The reverse shows a ridged coiffure band running down the back of the head. The surface has a warm bronze patina with lighter oxidized highlights throughout.\u003cbr\u003eIfe bronze\/brass casting is renowned for its naturalistic royal and commemorative heads; this smaller-scale piece, with its dense surface striation, may represent a related but distinct ceremonial or votive form rather than the classic smooth-faced Ife head type.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAttribution: Ife-style, Nigeria (stylistic attribution — see note)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: Cast bronze\/brass alloy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eType: Miniature ceremonial\/votive head with spiked finial\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition: Aged patina, visible surface wear\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Alobalo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48220768305378,"sku":"ALB-BZE-016","price":240.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0825\/2201\/3922\/files\/ccb33186-f51e-40f0-ae71-b324aee5ad03.jpg?v=1786741454","url":"https:\/\/www.alobalo.shop\/es\/products\/original-ife-bronze-head-nigeria-cast-metal-with-incised-facial-striations","provider":"Alobalo ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}