Plaque
AF5084A
From: Nigeria | Benin Kingdom
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF5084A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Edo (Africa) |
| Provenience | Nigeria | Benin Kingdom |
| Date Made | 16th century CE |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Copper Alloy | Brass |
| Technique | Lost Wax Casting |
| Iconography | Bird | Ibis? |
| Description | Plaque depicts a bird of prophecy in profile. Bird holding ball in long down turned beak, incised diagnoal hatching within ellipse shape forming feathers. Background has river leaves and stippling. Hole at bottom of each corner. Damaged at bottom right and top rim. |
| Height | 38 cm |
| Width | 17.4 cm |
| Depth | 3.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from W. O. Oldman, 1920 |
| Other Number | 95 - Dealer's Number | 055 - Cast Number |
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