Plaque
29-94-3
Location: On Display in the Africa Galleries
From: Nigeria | Benin Kingdom
Curatorial Section: African
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Object Number
29-94-3
Current Location
Africa Galleries - On Display
Culture
Edo (Africa)
Provenience
Nigeria | Benin Kingdom
Date Made
16th century CE
Section
African
Materials
Copper Alloy
Technique
Lost Wax Casting
Iconography
Standing male figure
Description
On a background of river leaves and stipling is a single male figure (Chief) wearing wrapper, beaded hat with feather, high collar, armlets, and anklets. He carrying a ring-shaped box - gift or offering of kola nuts. In each corner are half figures (head and torso) of Portuguese men with long hair, wearing jacket, ruffle collar, hats with feather, and holding pipe.
Height
47.5 cm
Width
39.5 cm
Depth
11.5 cm
Credit Line
Received from various sources, pre-1929
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
[Catalogue, Exhibition] Curnow, Kathy. 2016. Iyare! Splendor and Tension In Benin's Palace Theatre .. pg. 252 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 32
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[Article] Plass, Margaret B. 1959. "The Art of Benin". Expedition: The Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology . Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 1. no. 4. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p.4, fig. 2View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] Plass, Margaret B. Dec 1957. "African Negro Sculpture: A Walk Through the Gallery". The University Museum Bulletin . Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 21. no. 4. pg. 5-76 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 42View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Catalogue] Plass, Margaret B. 1956. African Tribal Sculpture .. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 33
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[Article] Hall, Henry U. 1932. "The African Collections". The University Museum Bulletin . Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 3. no. 6. pg. 145-171 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 144, pl. IView Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] Hall, Henry U. 1922. "Great Benin Royal Altar". The Museum Journal . Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 13. no. 2. pg. 105-168 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 122, fig. 46View Objects related to this Actual Citation
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