Plaque
Cast
AF5084B
From: United States of America | Benin Kingdom
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF5084B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | American |
| Provenience | United States of America | Benin Kingdom |
| Date Made | 20th century CE |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Plaster |
| Technique | Plaque Mold Cast |
| Iconography | Bird | Ibis? |
| Description | Cast of AF5084A. Replica plaque depicts a bird of prophecy in profile. Bird holding ball in long down turned beak, incised diagnoal hatching within ellipse shape forms feathers. Background has river leaves and stippling. Hole at bottom of each corner. Damaged at bottom right and top rim. |
| Length | 37 cm |
| Width | 17.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from W. O. Oldman, 1920 |
| Other Number | 055 - Cast Number |
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