Plaque - AF2069 | Collections

Object Number:	AF2069
Current Location:	Collections Storage
Culture:	Edo (Africa)
Provenience:	Nigeria Benin Kingdom
Date Made:	16th-20th century CE
Early Date:	1500
Late Date:	1968
Section:	African
Materials:	Copper Alloy Bronze
Technique:	Lost Wax Casting
Iconography:	Standing male figure
Height:	45.7 cm
Width:	23.8 cm
Credit Line:	Purchased from W. O. Oldman, 1912
Other Number:	25969 - Dealer's Number

Description

Single male figure standing with hands raised to shoulder height, holding a short staff in right hand and a three-pronged wand in left hand. He is wearing a conical headress of coral beads ending in bead tassel and a seven row coral bead collar. Restoration frame on lower portion of plaque surround legs and feet. Background has river leaves and stippling.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

African Gallery (1990 - Aug 1995)	View Objects in Exhibition
African Gallery (1987 - 1990)	View Objects in Exhibition
African Gallery ( Aug 1995 - 11 Sep 2018)	View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[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: p. 126, fig. 49	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] Langton, Leslie R. Jul 1968. "The Restoration of a Bronze Plaque From Benin". Expedition: The Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 10. no. 4. pg. 2-7 Actual Citation	View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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