Object Number |
21162 |
Current Location |
Collections Storage |
Culture |
Edo (Africa) |
Provenience |
Nigeria | Benin Kingdom |
Date Made |
19th century CE |
Section |
African |
Materials |
Brass | Coral |
Description |
Brass hairpin. Pin stem topped with raised rectangular form holding coral inlay. |
Length |
7 cm |
Width |
2 cm |
Credit Line |
Gift of Henry Ling Roth, 1899 |
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
Curnow, Kathy. Iyare! Splendor and Tension In Benin's Palace Theatre. 2016. See: p. 121 |
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Brown, Martha M. Iyare! Splendor & Tension in Benin's Palace Theatre: An African Curriculum for Students. Hollister Kids for the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2009. See: p. 14 |
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"Collections and Publications." Bulletin of the Free Museum of Science and Art II, No. 1. (1899): 39-50. See: p. 50 |
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Roth, Henry L. Personal Ornaments from Benin. No. 1, 2. Free Museum of Science and Art, Jan 1899. Page/Fig./Plate: 8 See: p. 4, fig. 24 |
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Curnow, Kathy. Guide to the Benin Collection at the Penn Museum. Philadelphia: Questor | UPMAA, 2024. Page/Fig./Plate: 132 See: p. 46, fig. 52 |
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