Statue

Object Number:

AF5081

Current Location:

Collections storage

Culture:

Edo (Africa)

Provenience:

Nigeria
Benin Kingdom

Date Made:

19th century

Section:

African

Materials:

Bronze
Copper Alloy

Iconography:

Human Head

Description:

Very large, with winged headdress.

African Gallery ( Aug 1995)

African Gallery (1987 - 1994)

Discovering the Past: Highlights from the University Museum (IBM) (20 Jun 1989 - 20 Aug 1989)

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

[Book] Celenko, Theodore. Egypt in Africa. : Page/Fig./Plate: 59

[Catalogue] Plass, Margaret. 1957. African Negro Sculpture: A Walk Through the Gallery. : Page/Fig./Plate: 26

[Catalogue] Plass, Margaret. 1956. African Tribal Sculpture. : Page/Fig./Plate: 32

[Journal] Hall, H. U. "The African Collections" Vol.: Vol. 3, No. 6. : Page/Fig./Plate: 167