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Object Number 16-43-50/B1484
Display Title Altarpiece tableau: Queen Mother and attendants
Descriptions
Object Description Bronze group with queen mother
Inventory Description Sculpture, group of bronze figures mounted on square bronze base
Classification
  • Sculpture
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Benin
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nigeria
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa
Materials Bronze
Dimensions Overall: 33 x 35 x 31 cm (13 x 13 3/4 x 12 3/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 16-43-50/B1484
Provenance
Collector British Punitive Force (1897)
Dealer William O. Oldman
Donor Mr. Oric Bates (1916)

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