Object Number |
AF5101 |
Current Location |
Collections Storage |
Culture |
Edo (Africa) |
Provenience |
Nigeria | Benin Kingdom |
Culture Area |
Edo (Africa) |
Date Made |
19th century CE |
Section |
African |
Materials |
Wood |
Description |
Carved rectangular stool (agba). The four legs joined by four braces, the whole carved with guilloches, loops, and zigzags. |
Height |
44 cm |
Length |
66.5 cm |
Width |
40.5 cm |
Credit Line |
Purchased from W. O. Oldman, 1920 |
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
Curnow, Kathy. Iyare! Splendor and Tension In Benin's Palace Theatre. 2016. See: p. 8 |
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Ben-Amos, Paula G. The Art of Benin. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C., 1995. Page/Fig./Plate: 1-128 See: p. 24, fig. 12 |
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Plass, Margaret B. Seven Metals of Africa. The University Museum, 1959. |
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Howell, Carol-Joyce. "Warp and Woof." The University Museum Bulletin 14, no. 3. (1949): 2-21. See: p. 21 |
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Hall, Henry U. "Great Benin Royal Altar." The Museum Journal 13, no. 2. (1922): 105-168. See: p. 156, p. 158, fig. 70- 71 |
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