Plaque
| Object Number: | AF2070 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: |
Africa Galleries Currently On Display |
| Culture: | Edo (Africa) |
| Provenience: | Nigeria Benin Kingdom |
| Date Made: | 16th-17th century CE |
| Early Date: | 1500 |
| Late Date: | 1699 |
| Section: | African |
| Materials: | Copper Alloy Brass |
| Technique: | Lost Wax Casting |
| Iconography: | Figures Standing male figures |
| Height: | 18 cm |
| Width: | 13.7 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from W. O. Oldman, 1912 |
| Other Number: | 27036 - Dealer's Number 432 - Other Number |
Description
Triad waist pendant. Three figures wearing beaded hat, shirt, high collar necklace, and anklets, and wrapper. Arms of center figure are supported by the figures beside him. Center figure wearing necklace with oval bead pendant. Rim of plaque decorated with circles, damgaged on right side - decorated rim missing. An incised eben on back.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Iyare: Splendor and Tension in Benin's Palace Theater (01 Nov 2008 - 01 Mar 2009) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| African Gallery (1990 - Aug 1995) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Discovering the Past: Highlights from the University Museum (IBM) (20 Jun 1989 - 20 Aug 1989) | 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:
| [Article] Rice, Robin. 2009. Lost and Found, in Philadelphia City Paper Vol.: #1236.. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pp. 22 -23 | View 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. 92-93 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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