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AF2048
Location: On Display in the Africa Galleries
From: Nigeria | Benin Kingdom
Curatorial Section: African
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Object Number
AF2048
Current Location
Africa Galleries - On Display
Culture
Edo (Africa)
Provenience
Nigeria | Benin Kingdom
Date Made
16th-19th century CE
Section
African
Materials
Copper Alloy
Technique
Lost Wax Casting
Iconography
Bird
Description
Bird of prophecy (ahianmwen-utioye) or ceremonial instrument. Rod/handle of idiophoe suppords bird that stands upright with outstreched wings holding small ball with beak. Base of handle has twisted band design.
Height
33.5 cm
Credit Line
Purchased from W. O. Oldman, 1912
Other Number
27256 - Dealer's Number
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
Curnow, Kathy. "Iyare! Splendor and Tension In Benin's Palace Theatre ." Expedition: The Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 50, no. 3. (2008): 39-41. See: p. 41
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Quick, Jennifer. Magnificent Objects from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
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Plass, Margaret B. Seven Metals of Africa . The University Museum, 1959.
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Hall, Henry U. "Great Benin Royal Altar ." The Museum Journal 13, no. 2. (1922): 105-168. See: p. 160, fig. 72
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Curnow, Kathy. Iyare! Splendor and Tension In Benin's Palace Theatre . 2016. See: p. 146
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