What is the historical significance of the bronze seated figure discovered at the village of Tada on the banks of the River Niger?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. it is a masterpiece of naturalistic Ife bronze sculpture cast in pure copper
- Step 1: The Tada figure is a seated human statue found in the Nupe village of Tada. Step 2. Metallurgical analysis shows it is made of almost pure copper, closely linked to the classical art of 14th-century Ile-Ife. Answer: it is a masterpiece of naturalistic Ife bronze sculpture cast in pure copper. Why not the others: It is made of copper alloy, not iron or granite, and is not of Portuguese or Songhai origin.
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