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Princeton University Art Museum
objectnumber:
y1968-31
Institution media
8 Images
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Ama
English designation
Relief Plaque
Fragment
Category
Palace Architecture & Ornamentation
Figures
Provenance
Davis, John Lionberger
Komor Gallery
Komor, Mathias
Location
Elm Dr, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
Institution data
Internal Data (eng)
Internal Data (eng)
Public Data (eng)
Princeton University Art Museum
The data was transferred directly by the institution.
Last Updated: 2021-07-23
Language:
english
objectnumber
object id
y1968-31
Former-PUAM-Title
designation
Horn player
Title
designation
Plaque fragment: attendant playing a side-blown trumpet
Core-Cataloguing-Fields/Description
description
Medium
material
Brass
Terms/Medium-Attributes
material
brass (alloy), casting (process), lost-wax process
Measurements
dimensions
h. 22.0 cm., w. 7.6 cm., d. 5.7 cm. (8 11/16 x 3 x 2 1/4 in.)
Core-Cataloguing-Fields/Classification
object type
Metal-Figures
Terms/Classification-Terms
object type
plaques, metalwork
Terms/Subject-Terms
iconography
men, musicians
Date
date made
17th – 18th century
Search-Dates
date made
1600, 1799
maker
producer
Edo artist
Geography/Country
production place
Nigeria
Geography/Place-made
production place
Benin Kingdom, Nigeria, Western Africa
Geography/Region
production place
Benin Kingdom
Geography/SubContinent
production place
Western Africa
Accession-Information/Donor
prior source
J. Lionberger Davis, 1878–1973
Creditline
prior source
Gift of J. Lionberger Davis, Class of 1900
Core-Cataloguing-Fields/Provenance
provenance
Benin City (Edo), present-day Nigeria, until 1897; [Mathias Komor Works of Fine Art, New York, NY]; J. Lionberger Davis; Princeton University Art Museum, 1968 - Provenance, 2017-04-27, Kristen D. Windmuller-Luna
Terms/Culture-Terms
ethnic attribution
African, Benin
Accession-Information/Accession-Date
accession date
1968
Accession-Information/Accession-Method
accession method
Gift
Exhibition-History/Exhibition/Exhibition-Date
exhibition history
Exhibition-History/Exhibition/Exhibition-Place
exhibition history
Exhibition-History/Exhibition/Exhibition-Title
exhibition history
Exhibition-History/Exhibtion/Exhibition-Date
exhibition history
Feb 14, 1981 – Jul 5, 1981
Exhibition-History/Exhibtion/Exhibition-Place
exhibition history
Princeton University Art Museum
Exhibition-History/Exhibtion/Exhibition-Title
exhibition history
African
Tribal
Art from the Collection
Published-References-and-Reproductions/Reference/0
bibliography
"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/1
bibliography
Alfreda J. Murck, "Acquisitions 1968", Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 27, no. 2 (1968): p. 94-105, p. 100.
Published-References-and-Reproductions/Reference/2
bibliography
Published-References-and-Reproductions/Reference/3
bibliography
Published-References-and-Reproductions/Reference/4
bibliography
Accession-Information/Acquisition-Justification
No justification recorded
Cataloguer
MJL, Catalogue Date: 2010-11-30
Core-Cataloguing-Fields/Department
African and Oceanic Art
Geography/Geo-Link
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
Places/Place/1/Place-link
Primary-Title
title changed following object ID/standardization of form - KDW 10-23-17)
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11/10/10
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life-dates
Birth: 1100, Death: 1900