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1970.16.1

Wooden head.

On display

1970.16.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Wooden head.
Geographical reference
Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria
Benin
Cultural groups
Edo
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Sotheby's
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1970
Date collected
By 1970 probably 1897
Acquisition information
Purchased: 05/1970
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Copper Metal, Process Inlaid, Process Carved
Dimensions
Width: max 250 mm, Depth: max 300 mm, Height: max 642 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1970.16.1
Associated publications
Reproduced in black and white as figure 6 on page 13 of Symbols of Kings: Benin Art at the Pitt Rivers Museum, by Linda Mowat (Oxford: Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, 1991). [JC 10 3 1997]. This object was featured in the Museum's on-line fact sheet ‘Court Art of Benin’ produced during the DCF-funded 'What's Upstairs?' project, 2004–2006. [BR 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 8/11/2005] Apparently not listed in An Illustrated Catalogue of Benin Art, by Philip J. C. Dark (Boston, MA: G. K. Hall, 1982). [JC 1995]

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