Bell

Object Number:

AF2102

Current Location:

Collections storage

Culture:

Edo (Africa)

Provenience:

Nigeria
Benin Kingdom

Date Made:

16th-19th century

Section:

African

Materials:

Bronze
Copper Alloy

Iconography:

mudfish
Human Face

Description:

Quadrangular, bronze. Four mudfish on each of three sides; one side plain; on side opposite this a human mask in middle; on other two sides a boss in same positions.

Height:

19cm

Width:

10.4cm

Depth:

10.1cm

Credit Line:

Purchased from W. O. Oldman

Other Number:

29809

Dealer's Number

Current & Past Exhibitions:

African Gallery ( Aug 1995)

African Gallery (1987 - 1994)

Seven Metals of Africa (12 Nov 1959 - 12 Jan 1960)

Iyare: Splendor and Tension in Benin's Palace Theater (01 Nov 2008 - 01 Mar 2009)

Bibliography:

[Book] Plass, Margaret. 1959. Seven Metals of Africa.

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