Core-Cataloguing-Fields/Descriptiondescription Cast bronze cylinder. Loops around rim at either end.
Openwork background. Two horsemen. Alternating with them and with feet on opposite rim,
two standing figures, each holding club and bird at sides. Worn on the left forearm of
the Oba (King).
From accession card.
Terms/Medium-Attributesmaterial brass (alloy), casting (process)
13.5 cm x 9.0 cm (5 5/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Core-Cataloguing-Fields/Classificationobject type Ornament
Terms/Classification-Termsobject type cuffs (costume components), jewelry, bracelets (jewelry)
Terms/Subject-Termsiconography Portuguese, figures (representations), men, merchants, equestrians, horses
Accession-Information/Donorprior source J. Lionberger Davis, 1878–1973
Gift of J. Lionberger Davis, Class of 1900
Core-Cataloguing-Fields/Provenanceprovenance Benin City (Edo), present-day Nigeria, until 1897; [Mathias Komor Works of Art, New York, NY]; J. Lionberger Davis, St. Louis, MO; Princeton University Art Museum, 1963
- Provenance, 2017-04-28, Kristen D. Windmuller-Luna
Exhibition-History/Exhibition/Exhibition-Dateexhibition history Jul 14, 2012 – Sep 23, 2012
Exhibition-History/Exhibition/Exhibition-Placeexhibition history Princeton University Art Museum
Exhibition-History/Exhibition/Exhibition-Titleexhibition history Encounters: Conflict, Dialogue, Discovery
Exhibition-History/Exhibtion/Exhibition-Placeexhibition history Princeton University Art Museum
Exhibition-History/Exhibtion/Exhibition-Titleexhibition history Sep preGallery Rotation African Fall 2014
Published-References-and-Reproductions/Reference/0bibliography Princeton University Art Museum: Handbook of the Collection (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2007), p. 151 (illus.).
Published-References-and-Reproductions/Reference/1bibliography "Summary of Acquisitions, 1963," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University, vol. 23, no. 1 (1964): p. 29-31, p. 31.
Published-References-and-Reproductions/Reference/2bibliography Princeton University Art Museum: Handbook of the Collections (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Art Museum, 2 013), p. 151.
Published-References-and-Reproductions/Reference/3bibliography "Selected checklist of objects in the collection of African art," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 58, no. 1/2 (1999): p. 77–83, p. 78.
Published-References-and-Reproductions/Reference/4bibliography "Gifts by J. Lionberger Davis, Class of 1900, to the Art Museum", Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 33, no. 2 (1974): p. 24-30, p. 30 (illus.).
Accession-Information/Acquisition-Justification No justification recorded
EAL, Catalogue Date: 2017-01-26
Core-Cataloguing-Fields/Department African and Oceanic Art
http://www.geonames.org/2328926/federal-republic-of-nigeria.html
Places/Place/0/Place-Name Nigeria, Western Africa
Places/Place/0/Place-link http://www.geonames.org/2328926/federal-republic-of-nigeria.html
Places/Place/1/Place-Name Benin, Western Africa
Places/Place/1/Place-link http://www.geonames.org/2395170/republic-of-benin.html
As per Perrin Lathrop, 2016.)
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