Plaque depicting chief flanked by two warriors

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Object Number 16-43-50/B1481

Display Title Plaque depicting chief flanked by two warriors

Descriptions

Object Description Bronze plaque depicting chief flanked by two warriors.

Inventory Description Bronze plaque, rectangular, bas relief of three standing male figures, facing front, holding weaponry, central figure largest and most elaborate, decorative and stippled background, perforated at upper corners

Classification

Casting

Department Ethnographic

Date Mid 14th century - Mid 16th century

Culture

Benin

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Nigeria

Additional Geographic Terms West Africa

Materials Copper alloy, bronze

Dimensions Overall: 48.4 × 36.8 × 8.4 cm (19 1/16 × 14 1/2 × 3 5/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Credit Line Gift of Oric Bates, 1916

Provenance

Collector British Punitive Force (1897)

Dealer William O. Oldman

Donor Mr. Oric Bates (1916)

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