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Plaque depicting chief flanked by two warriors
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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