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Ife polity       LUcat Search catalogue 294916202

APP
2002-02-12

INP
2002-02-12

STA
Approved

UPD
2012-07-20

DUT
Ife koninkrijk

IND
1

MIS
HR. ASAR. Iron Age site; oldest town of Yoruba people who consider it a holy city & the legendary birthplace of mankind; artisans produced terra-cotta heads & bronze pieces in 12th-13th cen. for which the Ife Kingdom is well known (Getty Thesaurus Geographic Names).

PPN
294916202

UDC
340.141.1Ife

SN
ca. 1000-1900. Location: Yoruba kingdom, cradle of Yoruba civilization, 50 miles east of Ibadan, today Osun State.

MRF
321Ife

BT1
Nigerian polities

UF
Ife Kingdom
Ile-Ife Kingdom

BSO
09.01.02 NAMED POLITIES



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