Oba de Benin
Bini O Edo (Benin) · Nigeria
Reference: BRN-40
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- Height
- 96 cm
- Material
- Bronze
Beautiful exhibition of the realistic art of Benin. This figure already shows the side fins of the headdress introduced by the Oba Osemwede in 1816The king…
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Full original description
Beautiful exhibition of the realistic art of Benin. This figure already shows the side fins of the headdress introduced by the Oba Osemwede in 1816The king is dressed in the clothes of a device. The sculptor has represented him with the richest galas he wears at official ceremonies. She wears her mesh top on a tunic embroidered with a irradiating sun and features her pectoral collars and the twenty-six-six-striped coral necklace on her neck. The figure is placed on a pedestal and carries in the right hand a kind of scepter or cup, which does not appear to be the original.
Further technical information
- Attributed period
- Century XIX
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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