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Bronze figure of messenger
Object Number 16-43-50/B1488
Display Title Bronze figure of messenger
Descriptions
Object Description Bronze figure of messinger. Additional descriptive notes in Conservation.
Inventory Description Bronze figurine, standing human, holding tools in both hands
Classification
  • Figurine
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Benin
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nigeria
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa
Materials Bronze, Copper alloy
Dimensions Overall: 12.6 x 5.7 x 5.1 cm (4 15/16 x 2 1/4 x 2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B1488; LOAN/101.5.1937/PEABODY
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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