We'll be at the same date as the Ife head, and with an equally high-status object... but we'll be looking not at ritual bronze, but at sacred porcelain.

We'll be at the same date as the Ife head, and with an equally high-status object... but we'll be looking not at ritual bronze, but at sacred porcelain.

As in the artwork of Ife, the craftsmen of Benin produced bronze and copper heads celebrating the power of the Oba. The capital of Benin (not to be confused with the modern state of Benin ...

The artefact is from Nigeria's south-western Ife city ... "A beautiful bronze piece, and being of Nigerian heritage, it should return to its home," said Diego Prieto, the head of Mexico's National ...