Hip-pendant
Pendant Mask
AF2078A
From: Nigeria | Benin Kingdom
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF2078A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Edo (Africa) |
| Provenience | Nigeria | Benin Kingdom |
| Date Made | 19th century CE |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Copper Alloy | Brass |
| Technique | Lost Wax Casting |
| Description | Pendant mask of human face with three vertical marks above each eye, wearing openwork cap with rosette ornaments at top, front, and sides, crosshatch decoration on bridge of nose, flang decorated with mudfish motif and eyelets, one crotal attached to eyelet. |
| Height | 18.8 cm |
| Width | 14.2 cm |
| Depth | 5.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from W. O. Oldman, 1912 |
| Other Number | 25792 - Dealer's Number |
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