Statue

Object Number:

AF2062

Current Location:

Africa Gallery

Culture:

Edo (Africa)

Provenience:

Nigeria
Benin Kingdom

Section:

African

Materials:

Wood

Iconography:

Human Head

Description:

Yellow bronze or brass. Headdress with wings. This and No. 2061 have projects bases. Two rods curving forward from below wings rest on eyes. Otherwise broadly similar to other heads.

Credit Line:

Purchased from W. O. Oldman

Other Number:

29557 | 29559

Dealer's Number

Current & Past Exhibitions:

African Gallery ( Aug 1995)

African Gallery (1987 - 1994)

Bibliography:

[Journal] Hall, Henry U. "Fetish Figures of Equatorial Africa" Vol.: Vol. XI, No. 1. : Page/Fig./Plate: 44

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

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