Statue
AF2064A
Location: On Display in the Africa Galleries
From: Nigeria | Benin Kingdom
Curatorial Section: African
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Object Number
AF2064A
Current Location
Africa Galleries - On Display
Culture
Edo (Africa)
Provenience
Nigeria | Benin Kingdom
Date Made
16th century CE
Section
African
Materials
Copper Alloy | Bronze
Technique
Lost Wax Casting
Iconography
Human Head
Description
Trophy head with four eyebrow marks that distinguish foreigners, hair in five evenly stacked rows, wearing a beaded collar.
Height
22.8 cm
Credit Line
Purchased from W. O. Oldman, 1912
Other Number
25023 - Dealer's Number
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
"The Art of Great Benin ." The Museum Journal 3, no. 4. ( Dec 1912): 76-81. See: p. 77, fig. 40
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Plass, Margaret B. African Tribal Sculpture . The University Museum, 1956. See: p. 32
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Brown, Martha M. Iyare! Splendor & Tension in Benin's Palace Theatre: An African Curriculum for Students . Hollister Kids for the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2009. See: p. 3
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Curnow, Kathy. Iyare! Splendor and Tension In Benin's Palace Theatre . 2016. See: p. 52
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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. 62, fig. 74
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