| Object Number |
21164 |
| Current Location |
Collections Storage |
| Culture |
Edo (Africa) |
| Provenience |
Nigeria | Benin Kingdom |
| Date Made |
19th century CE |
| Section |
African |
| Materials |
Copper Alloy |
| Technique |
Lost Wax Casting |
| Description |
Amulet with globular base with crossbar through center and narrowing at top; the upper end forms into a ring/loop. |
| Length |
12.7 cm |
| Width |
5.8 cm |
| Credit Line |
Gift of Henry Ling Roth, 1899 |
Current & Past Exhibitions
This object has never been on display.
Bibliography
| Roth, Henry L. Personal Ornaments from Benin. No. 1, 2. Free Museum of Science and Art, Jan 1899. Page/Fig./Plate: 8 See: p. 5, fig. 25 |
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| Curnow, Kathy. Iyare! Splendor and Tension In Benin's Palace Theatre. 2016. See: p. 70 |
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| "Collections and Publications." Bulletin of the Free Museum of Science and Art II, No. 1. (1899): 39-50. See: p. 50 |
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