Yoruba Mask

The absolute date is unkown, but this mask was created circa

• 16th Century

• 1300

• 900 AD

• 50 BC

What is the name of the process used to create this piece?

• Carving

• Lost Sculpting

• Lost wax process

• Bronze cast process

Why were Yoruba bronze and copper masks so different to traditional African art?

• The sculptures were naturalistic

• The sculptures were life size

• The sculptures were of noble materials

• There were many sculptures

Give a possible reason for the holes at the chin and jawline of the face.

• To thread a beard through

• For decoration

• For piercings

• To secure it on a wall

The Yoruba had a polytheistic religious system. Define polytheism.

• Having multiple gods/goddesses

• Having one God

• Belief in two gods

• A form of atheism

The Ancient Yoruba Religion is also known as the

• Ife Ideology

• Religion of 401 Deities

• Olodumarism

• Yoruba Mythology

What was special about Ancient Ife? (select all that apply)

• A land blessed by the deities Odudua and Obatala

• Linked to the Garden of Eden

• Considered the place of creation of humankind

• Thought to be the final resting place of the creator, Olodumare

What is the name of the kings of Ancient Ife?

• Emir of Daura

• Ooni of Ife

• Emir of Kano

• Oba of Lagos

Who was Obalufon Aleymore, or Obalufon II?

• Third Ooni of the Ife Empire

• Tenth King of the Yoruba Empire

• Second Raja of Nigeria

• Second Sultan of Ife

Where and when was this series of Yoruba masks discovered?

• Belonged to a Yoruba Tribe - 17th Century

• City in modern day Nigeria - 2002

• Ancient Ife - 1300s

• Behind King's Palace in Ife - 1938