OBJECTID: C15745
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Buffalo Museum of Sciences
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ACCESSNOObject ID
1947.003
HOMELOCObject ID
R2B-11
OBJECTIDObject ID
C15745
OBJNAMEDesignation, Object Type
Plaque
DESCRIPDescription, Object Type
Two relief figures in ornate armor-like costumes. Feet and arm of one figure missing. Floral pattern on background. This plaque and hundreds like it once hung in the Royal Palace at Benin. In 1897, British soldiers removed these plaques during a punitive expedition. Many objects were later returned to Nigeria but most were sold to museums and private collectors. The largest collection of Nigerian bronzes is housed at the British Museum in London. This plaque was purchased by the Buffalo Museum of Science from a gallery in London in 1947.
MATERIALMaterial
Brass
CURVALMAXDimensions
0
CURVALUEDimensions
0
DEPTHDimensions
0
DEPTHFTDimensions
0
DEPTHINDimensions
0
DIAMETERDimensions
0
DIAMETERFTDimensions
0
DIAMETERINDimensions
0
DIMTYPEDimensions
1
HEIGHTDimensions
46.99
HEIGHTFTDimensions
1.541666667
HEIGHTINDimensions
18.5
LENGTHDimensions
0
LENGTHFTDimensions
0
LENGTHINDimensions
0
WIDTHDimensions
31.115
WIDTHFTDimensions
1.020833333
WIDTHINDimensions
12.25
WEIGHTWeight
0
WEIGHTINWeight
0
WEIGHTLBWeight
0
SPECIESObject Type
Plaque
SUBJECTSIconography
Art/Artifact 1988-1990
DATEDate Made
LATE 16-EARLY 17 C.
ERADate Made
LATE 16-EARLY 17 C.
ORIGINProduction Place
SITEProduction Place
BENIN CITY
UDF2Production Place
Centrl W Africa
UDF3Production Place
Nigeria
UDF4Production Place
Bendel State
UDF6Production Place
COLLECTORPrior Source
Berkeley Galleries
PROVENANCEProvenance
Purchased on January 2nd 1947 from Berkeley Galleries, 20 Davies St. Berkeley Square, London, England.
COLLDATEDate Collected
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EXCAVADATEDate Collected
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CULTUREEthnic Attribution
Kingdom Of Benin
COLLECTIONDepartment and Institution
Division of Anthropology
RECASAccession Method
Purchase
NOTESNotes
SEE FILE UNDER C#
PUBNOTESBibliography
Published: Yes CUMMINGS,VIRGINIA L. OUT OF AFRICA pp17,23 #206 BSNS EXHIBIT CATALOG BUFFALO SOC NATL SCI BUFFALO NY 1969 GRAMLY,R.MICHAEL MASTERPIECES OF THE ANTHROPOLOGY COLLECTION pp14-15 fig 13 BSNS EXHIBIT CATALOG BUFFALO SOC NATL SCI BUFFALO NY 1981 DANTO,ARTHUR et al ART/ARTIFACT p55 EXHIBIT CATALOG CENTER FOR AFRICAN ART NY 1988
CONDITIONCondition
IMAGEFILEImages
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