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Object Number 16-43-50/B1499
Display Title Plaque or belt ornament
Descriptions
Object Description Aegis plaque of female with square
Inventory Description Ornament, semicircular bronze plate, female figurine, dressed in armor, loop
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Benin
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nigeria
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa
Materials Bronze
Dimensions Overall: 13.2 x 9.6 x 4.3 cm (5 3/16 x 3 3/4 x 1 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B1499
Provenance
Collector British Punitive Force (1897)
Dealer W. D. Webster (1901)
Dealer William O. Oldman
Donor Mr. Oric Bates (1916)

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