Statue
| Object Number: | AF2062 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: |
Africa Galleries Currently On Display |
| Culture: | Edo (Africa) |
| Provenience: | Nigeria Benin Kingdom |
| Date Made: | 19th century |
| Early Date: | 1800 |
| Late Date: | 1899 |
| Section: | African |
| Materials: | Copper Alloy Bronze |
| Technique: | Lost Wax Casting |
| Iconography: | Human Head |
| Height: | 38 cm |
| Width: | 25 cm |
| Depth: | 25 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from W. O. Oldman, 1912 |
| Other Number: | 29557 | 29559 - Dealer's Number |
Description
Commemorative Head representation of the Ọba. Wearing a beaded crown with flower-shaped ornaments and two projections at the sides, beaed extension that cross over eyes, single large bead hangs from center lower rim of crown, braids decorated with beads hang from sides and back. Wearing an (odigba) stacked beaded collar from neck to lower lip . Flang at base has in flat relief an elephant trunk ending in human hand cluching leaves, rams head, and thunderbolt on guilloche pattern.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| African Negro Sculpture (1957 - 1957) | 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 |
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