Staff Head

Object Number:

AF5113

Current Location:

Collections storage

Culture:

Edo (Africa)

Provenience:

Nigeria
Benin Kingdom

Date Made:

18th century

Section:

African

Materials:

Ivory

Iconography:

Crocodile
Catfish

Description:

Crocodile's head holding catfish in jaws.

Height:

42.3cm

Width:

5.2cm

Depth:

5.8cm

Other Number:

116

Field No SF

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

[Book] Hall, H. U. 1922. "Great Benin Royal Altar". XIII, No.2 (June). pp. 105-168. : Page/Fig./Plate: 164