Armlet

Object Number:

29-93-2

Current Location:

Collections storage

Culture:

Edo (Africa)

Provenience:

Nigeria
Benin Kingdom

Culture Area:

Edo (Africa)

Date Made:

16th century

Section:

African

Materials:

Ivory

Description:

Ivory. Carved with design of which the principal feature is the catfish king.

Height:

12.8cm

Width:

9.2cm

Depth:

9cm

Credit Line:

Purchased from the estate of George Byron Gordon

Other Number:

123

Other Number

African Gallery ( Aug 1995)

African Gallery (1987 - 1994)

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: 147, 148