Sculpture

Object Number:

AF5106

Current Location:

Collections storage

Culture:

Edo (Africa)

Provenience:

Nigeria
Benin Kingdom

Culture Area:

Edo (Africa)

Date Made:

16th-19th century

Section:

African

Materials:

Bronze
Copper Alloy

Technique:

Lost wax casting

Iconography:

Python Head

Description:

Snake head.

African Gallery ( Aug 1995)

African Gallery (1987 - 1994)

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

[Catalogue] Brincard, Marie-Therese. 2004. The Power of Bronze: Royal Sculpture from The Kingdom of Benin. : Page/Fig./Plate: 21

[Book] Ben-Amos, Paula G. 1995. The Art of Benin. 1-128. : Page/Fig./Plate: 44

[Catalogue] Roberts, Allen. 1995. Animals in African Art: From the Familiar to the Marvelous. : Page/Fig./Plate: 119

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

[Book] Hall, H. U. 1922. "Great Benin Royal Altar". XIII, No.2 (June). pp. 105-168. : Page/Fig./Plate: 128