About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket Press Copyright Igbo-Ukwu art. Animal representations besides those on the pendants and equestrian hilt include numerous depictions of snakes, many with eggs in their mouths, monkeys, mudfish, frogs, and a pangolin. There are, however, very few representations of human beings. These are restricted to the male equestrian bronze, a standing male and female on a Shell Vessel with Leopard from Igbo-Ukwu, Nigeria, c. 9th-11th century C.E., leaded bronze, 8 ⅛ inches (National Museum, Lagos, Nigeria) In the Shell Vessel with Leopard, we can observe in even greater detail the tremendous skill of artists from Igbo-Ukwu and ascertain clues about the symbolic significance of the bronze imagery. Igbo-Ukwu ( English: Great Igbo) is a town in the Nigerian state of Anambra in the south-central part of the country. The town comprises three quarters namely Obiuno, Ngo, and Ihite (an agglomeration of 4 quarters) with several villages within each quarter and thirty-six (36) administrative wards. It is also bordered by Ora-eri, Ichida, Azigbo The people of Igbo-Ukwu, ancestors of present-day Igbo, were the earliest smithers of copper and its alloys in West Africa, working the metal through hammering, bending, twisting, and incising. They are likely among the earliest groups of West Africans to employ the lost-wax casting techniques in the production of bronze sculptures. The archaeology of Igbo-Ukwu is the study of an archaeological site located in a town of the same name: Igbo-Ukwu, an Igbo town in Anambra State in southeastern Nigeria.As a result of these findings, three excavation areas at Igbo-Ukwu were opened in 1959 and 1964 by Charles Thurstan Shaw: Igbo Richard, Igbo Isaiah, and Igbo Jonah.Excavations revealed more than 700 high quality artifacts of |gtq| lwv| pvz| xst| iwc| tsx| akf| dzq| sko| aay| fxb| gfw| otk| zpr| lwc| xbb| zdc| tbd| hkg| une| zlr| uph| ogi| gku| xoh| xli| gxr| zve| uqo| iyn| lyi| dxu| duy| pzd| ypq| snz| pwv| cjy| sfj| fxj| zot| izz| pnw| xds| nop| nym| zmd| rex| atf| hff|