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
[Article] Curnow, Kathy. 2008. "Iyare! Splendor and Tension In Benin's Palace Theatre". Expedition: The Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology . Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 50. no. 3. pg. 39-41 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 40View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Journal] Purpura, Allyson. African Art, African Voices: Long Steps Never broke a Back Vol.: 38, No. 2 .. African Arts. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pp. 78-80
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[Book] Blackmun Visona, Monica. 2001. A History of Art in Africa .. Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 321, fig. 9-60
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[Book] Blier, Suzanne P. 1998. The Royal Arts of Africa: The Majesty of Form .. Harry N. Abrams, Inc. pg. 272 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 45
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[Catalogue, Exhibition] Plass, Margaret B. 1959. Seven Metals of Africa .. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 18
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[Catalogue] Plass, Margaret B. 1956. African Tribal Sculpture .. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 32
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[Catalogue, Exhibition] Curnow, Kathy. 2016. Iyare! Splendor and Tension In Benin's Palace Theatre .. pg. 252 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 21
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[Book] Rubin, Arnold, and Ben-Amos, Paula G. 1983. The Art of Power The Power of Art: Studies in Benin Iconography .. UCLA Museum of Cultural History. pg. 111 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 76
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