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1930.50.3.1

Pair of figures, male and female, cast in brass joined together by a series of brass links. The female figure is sitting with her left arm around a child. [ZM 2/8/2004]

1930.50.3.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Pair of figures, male and female, cast in brass joined together by a series of brass links. The female figure is sitting with her left arm around a child. [ZM 2/8/2004]
Geographical reference
Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria
Benin
Cultural groups
Edo
Person
Field collector Grace Aveling
PRM source Grace Aveling
Date / Period
Date made: Circa 1930
Date collected
By 1930
Acquisition information
Donated: 1930
Materials and processes
Material Brass Metal, Process Lost Wax Cast
Dimensions
Height 100 mm [.2], Length 215 mm chain, Height 133 mm [.1]
Object numbers
Accession number: 1930.50.3.1 Accession number: 1930.50.3.2
Associated publications
Listed as no B9/6 on p. 2.1.32 in Philip J. C. Dark, An Illustrated Catalogue of Benin Art, Boston, MA: G. K. Hall, 1982.

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