caption: Title: Head of a king (oni), from Ife, Nigeria
exif: {"Image DocumentName": "Title: Head of a king (oni), from Ife, Nigeria", "Image ImageDescription": "Date: Yoruba culture, c. 12th-15th century. Medium: Bronze. Size: height 11 7/16 (29cm) A tradition of naturalistic figure sculpture began in Ife about 1050 CE. And flourished for four centuries. These figures were contemporaneous with the Middle Ages in a Europe. While Europe abandoned naturalistic style in favor of an abstract, symbolic style, a naturalistic style flourished in Africa. The portraits appear in clay and bronze. . We do not know whether these heads are idealized or realistic individual portraits.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}