Hip-pendant
Pendant Mask
| Object Number: | 21167A |
|---|---|
| Current Location: |
Africa Galleries Currently On Display |
| Culture: | Edo (Africa) |
| Provenience: | Nigeria Benin Kingdom |
| Section: | African |
| Materials: | Bronze |
| Length: | 17 cm |
| Width: | 11.2 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Henry Ling Roth, 1899 |
Description
Human face; the nose elongated into a mudfish whose tail ends in a human hand. "Bells" around edge (some missing) - at top ...? Mask-shaped hip pendant
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| African Negro Sculpture (1957 - 1957) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Iyare: Splendor and Tension in Benin\'s Palace Theater (01 Nov 2008 - 01 Mar 2009) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Africa Galleries: From Maker To Museum (16 Nov 2019) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Journal] Curnow, Kathy. Iyare! Splendor and Tension In Benin's Palace Theatre Vol.: 50, No. 3.. Expedition: The Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 40 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Penn Museum. 2008. When in the World?/Calendar.. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Cover | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Hall, Henry U. 1922. "Great Benin Royal Altar".. The Museum Journal. Vol. XIII, No.2 (June). pg. 105-168 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 126 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] Plass, Margaret B. 1959. Seven Metals of Africa.. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: F-3 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] Curnow, Kathy. 2016. Iyare! Splendor and Tension In Benin's Palace Theatre.. pg. 252 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Cover, 112-113 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Article] 1899. "Collections and Publications". Bulletin of the Free Museum of Science and Art. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania. Vol. II. no. No. 1. pg. 39-50 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 50 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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