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Object Number:AF5107
Current Location: Africa Galleries
Currently On Display
Culture:Edo (Africa)
Provenience: Nigeria
Benin Kingdom
Date Made: 17th century CE
Early Date: 1600
Late Date: 1699
Section:African
Materials:Copper Alloy
Brass
Technique:Lost Wax Casting
Iconography:Man
Standing male figure
Height: 64 cm
Width: 21.5 cm
Depth: 19.3 cm
Credit Line:Purchased from W. O. Oldman, 1920

Description

Standing Ewa figure wearing brimmed hat with large bead at center, large beaded necklace, cross with four equal arms, and wrapper. He is carrying an L-shaped iron hammer (avalaka) in left hand. Right lower leg and foot missing.

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
Seven Metals of Africa (12 Nov 1959 - 12 Jan 1960) View Objects in Exhibition
African Gallery (1990 - Aug 1995) View Objects in Exhibition
Africa Galleries: From Maker To Museum (16 Nov 2019) View Objects in Exhibition
African Gallery (1987 - 1990) View Objects in Exhibition
African Gallery ( Aug 1995 - 11 Sep 2018) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

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[Book] Dorling Kindersley Limited. 2014. History of the World in 1,000 Objects.. London. Dorling Kindersley Limited. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 263View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Catalogue, Exhibition] Plass, Margaret B. 1959. Seven Metals of Africa.. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: D-11View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Book] Ben-Amos, Paula G. 1995. The Art of Benin.. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C. pg. 1-128 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 56, fig. 41View 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. 45View 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: pp. 108, 111, fig. 35, 37View 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: pp. 40-41View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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