Plaque
AF5108
Location: On Display in the Africa Galleries
From: Nigeria | Benin Kingdom
Curatorial Section: African
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Object Number
AF5108
Current Location
Africa Galleries - On Display
Culture
Edo (Africa)
Provenience
Nigeria | Benin Kingdom
Date Made
16th century CE
Section
African
Materials
Copper Alloy | Brass
Technique
Lost Wax Casting
Iconography
Human Figure | Ox Head
Description
Plaque with two figures/warrior. Figures wearing hair styled in corn rows, leaopard-tooth necklaces, and wrapper. Figure on right carries an double dagger at hip, medicine bicep bracelet and wrist bracelet on right arm. Figure on left carries a animal head.
Height
42.01 cm
Width
38 cm
Depth
9.5 cm
Credit Line
Purchased from W. O. Oldman, 1920
Other Number
134 - Dealer's Number | 068 - Cast Number
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
Hall, Henry U. "Great Benin Royal Altar ." The Museum Journal 13, no. 2. (1922): 105-168. See: p. 121, fig. 45
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Wieschhoff, Heinrich A. "II. The Cultures of Africa ." The University Museum Bulletin XI, no. 1-2. (1945): 34-72. See: p. 61, fig. 22
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Plass, Margaret B. African Tribal Sculpture . The University Museum, 1956. See: p. 33
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Reproductions . The University Museum, 1965. See: p. 25View related objects
Quick, Jennifer. Magnificent Objects from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
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Curnow, Kathy. Iyare! Splendor and Tension In Benin's Palace Theatre . 2016. See: p. 28
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Curnow, Kathy. Guide to the Benin Collection at the Penn Museum . Philadelphia: Questor | UPMAA, 2024. Page/Fig./Plate: 132 See: p. 81, fig. 91
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