The British Museum

Extended until 4 July 2010

Sculptures from West Africa

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Exhibition Multimedia Guide

Enjoy further insight into the exhibition through the Multimedia Guide.

£4.50, concessions available

Listen to five extracts here with contextual imagery. Voiced by actress Sophie Okonedo.

Available in English. An audio descriptive guide (free, English only) is also available.

Extract 4: Brass head

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Extract 4: Brass head

Extract 10 Mudfish

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Extract 10: Granite and iron mudfish

Introduction to Ife Multimedia Guide

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An introduction to the Kingdom of Ife Multimedia Guide by Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum

Extract 7 Marks of power

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Extract 7: Marks of identity and power

Exctract 16: Lajuwa

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Extract 16: Terracotta head called 'Lajuwa'

Images: Extract 4: Brass head; Extract 10: Granite and iron mudfish; Extract 16: Terracotta head called 'Lajuwa' © Karin L. Wills/Museum for African Art/National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Nigeria.

Historic watercolour of Ife from 1910 © Frobenius-Institut, Frankfurt am Main.
Facial scarifications on a man from Ife
© Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery, University of Glasgow
Live mudfish © Getty Images 2009
Mudfish skewered © Trustees of the British Museum

Co-organised by

Fundación Marcelino Botín

Museum for African art

In collaboration with the National Commission
for Museums and Monuments, Nigeria.

Sponsored by

Santander

Additional support provided by

The A.G. Leventis Foundation