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Accession Number:
76.8
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Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Uhunmwu-Ẹkuẹ
English designation
Pendant Mask
Category
Ceremonial Regalia
Provenance
Alexander Suggs Gallery
Salinger Bequest Fund
Uhlman, Jack
Location
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr, San Francisco, CA 94118, United States
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de Young museum
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Last Updated: 2021-11-02
Language:
english
Accession Number
object id
76.8
DESCRIPTION
description
Media
material
Bronze, Copper, Iron
Dimensions
dimensions
6 1/2 x 4 1/4 (16.5 x 10.8 cm)
TITLE
object type
Hip ornament: leopard head
Date
date made
late 18th century
Continent
production place
Africa
Country
production place
Nigeria
REGION
production place
Court of Benin
Credit Line
prior source
Museum purchase, Salinger Bequest Fund
Provenance/Former Ownership History
provenance
Purchased from (Tom) Alexander Suggs Gallery, Inc. St Louis, Missouri. Ex collection of Jack Uhlman Collection, Paris, France
Culture/People
ethnic attribution
Edo People
Department
department and institution
Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Acquisition Date
accession date
12/23/75
Additional notes
notes
From museum collection object file: “The use of this type of mask is specific to the senior war chief -iyase- it is his particular hip emblem. Comments by Paula Ben Amos who credits the information to Barbara Blackmun”
REMARKS
notes
Exhibition History
exhibition history
-requires further research
Location
display status
de Young Gallery 40
PUBLICATIONS
bibliography
Publication History
bibliography
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Century
18th Century AD
Object Type
Ritual Object