The sculpture of a head, which probably represents a king of ife (4.9.6), was made using which medium?

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The sculpture of a head, which probably represents a king of ife (4.9.6), was made using which medium?

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Tyshawn Stokes · Answer 1

Although the sculpture of what we believe is the head of Ife is often called 'Bronze Head from Ife', it is actually made of copper. More specifically, the British Museum categorized the material as "heavily leaded zinc-brass", avoiding the use of both 'copper' and 'brass'.