Cola box
Bini O Edo (Benin) · Nigeria
Reference: BRN-84
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- Material
- Bronze
Bronze box to offer welcome queue to brand visitors. The box is decorated with heads on the top plane of the recreipiente and at the bottom…
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Full original description
Bronze box to offer welcome queue to brand visitors. The box is decorated with heads on the top plane of the recreipiente and at the bottom alternate the figures of warriors and courtesans. On the cover is the figure of a man sitting, who does not look like an Oba but a remarkable court, undoubtedly the owner of the house and lord of the characters represented. Black patina.
Further technical information
- Attributed period
- Century XIX or first third of the century XX
Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.
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Nigeria. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.
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