Statue
AF2064B
Location: On Display in the Africa Galleries
From: Nigeria | Benin Kingdom
Curatorial Section: African
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Object Number
AF2064B
Current Location
Africa Galleries - On Display
Culture
Edo (Africa)
Provenience
Nigeria | Benin Kingdom
Date Made
16th century
Section
African
Materials
Copper Alloy | Bronze
Technique
Lost Wax Casting
Iconography
Human Head
Description
Trophy head with four eyebrow marks that distinguish foreigners, hair in five evenly stacked rows, wearing a beaded collar.
Height
22.8 cm
Credit Line
Purchased from W. O. Oldman, 1912
Other Number
25024 - Dealer's Number
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
Curnow, Kathy. "Iyare! Splendor and Tension In Benin's Palace Theatre ." Expedition: The Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 50, no. 3. (2008): 39-41. See: p. 40
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Blackmun Visona, Monica. A History of Art in Africa . Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2001. See: p. 321, fig. 9-60
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Blier, Suzanne P. The Royal Arts of Africa: The Majesty of Form . Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1998. Page/Fig./Plate: 272 See: p. 45
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Plass, Margaret B. Seven Metals of Africa . The University Museum, 1959. See: p. 18
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Plass, Margaret B. African Tribal Sculpture . The University Museum, 1956. See: p. 32
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Curnow, Kathy. Iyare! Splendor and Tension In Benin's Palace Theatre . 2016. See: p. 21
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Ben-Amos, Paula G., and Arnold Rubin. The Art of Power The Power of Art: Studies in Benin Iconography . UCLA Museum of Cultural History, 1983. Page/Fig./Plate: 111 See: p. 76
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