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Ancient Ile Ife Custom by tpiar: 7:45pm On Dec 14, 2015 |
In ancient Ife, the Ooni was actually rarely seen in public, and only his close circle could identify him. One theory about the Ife masks were they were used as stand ins for the Ooni during public functions. This is a very interesting theory because of the extremely naturalistic appearance of the sculptures (almost photographic quality). |
Re: Ancient Ile Ife Custom by tpiar: 8:06pm On Dec 14, 2015 |
Right now, it's not really known which is older between the Oranyan staff and the Ife sculptures ( I could be wrong though). I assume the staff would be older. The staff is made of stone, and possibly is from a time when a stone based culture predominated. |
Re: Ancient Ile Ife Custom by tpiar: 8:16pm On Dec 14, 2015 |
few articles on the Ife sculptures: Ori-Olokun |
Re: Ancient Ile Ife Custom by tpiar: 8:17pm On Dec 14, 2015 |
Bronze heads found @ last sentence, dunno , never heard of this, actually. |
Re: Ancient Ile Ife Custom by tpiar: 8:18pm On Dec 14, 2015 |
Stones |
Re: Ancient Ile Ife Custom by tpiar: 8:20pm On Dec 14, 2015 |
Re: Ancient Ile Ife Custom by macof(m): 3:31am On Dec 15, 2015 |
The glory of Ife |
Re: Ancient Ile Ife Custom by tpiar: 7:23am On Dec 15, 2015 |
In modern and most likely ancient Ife, the mother's line was considered just as important as the father's. This is somewhat unusual for a traditional Yoruba setting which is heavily patrilineal. |
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