Box Lid
29-93-6B
Location: On Display in the Africa Galleries
From: Nigeria | Benin Kingdom
Curatorial Section: African
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Object Number
29-93-6B
Current Location
Africa Galleries - On Display
Culture
Edo (Africa)
Provenience
Nigeria | Benin Kingdom
Date Made
19th century CE
Section
African
Materials
Ivory
Iconography
Pangolin | Men
Description
Carved box lid with two Portuguese figures (in European dress) fighting beside a tethered pangolin. Side of box decorated with a three band guilloche.
Height
6.1 cm
Length
16.2 cm
Width
10.6 cm
Credit Line
Purchased from the Estate of George Byron Gordon, 1927
Other Number
052 - Cast Number
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
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Roberts, Allen. Animals in African Art: From the Familiar to the Marvelous . Museum for African Art, 1995. See: pp. 144-145
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Plass, Margaret B. "African Negro Sculpture: A Walk Through the Gallery ." The University Museum Bulletin 21, no. 4. ( Dec 1957): 5-76. See: p. 36
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Hall, Henry U. "Great Benin Royal Altar ." The Museum Journal 13, no. 2. (1922): 105-168. See: p.152, fig. 65
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Kecskesi, Maria. "Pangolin Oracles in Southern Tanzania With Notes on Other Roles Played by the Scaly Anteater in Africa." Tribal Art Magazine XX:2, no. 79. (2016): 92-105. See: p. 101, fig. 21
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Curnow, Kathy. Iyare! Splendor and Tension In Benin's Palace Theatre . 2016. See: pp. 98-99
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Guide to the Collections, The University Museum . Philadelphia: The University Museum, 1965. See: p. 119View related objects
Plass, Margaret B. African Tribal Sculpture . The University Museum, 1956. See: p. 33
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