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Object Number:
1977.187.37
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1 Images
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Uhunmwu-Elao
English designation
Commemorative Head
Category
Altar & Shrine Objects
Heads
Provenance
Bache (born Odenheimer), Alice K.
Epstein, Jacob
J. J. Klejman Gallery
Klejman, John J.
Location
1000 5th Ave, New York, NY 10028, United States
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Last Updated: 2021-07-30
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english
Object Number
object id
1977.187.37
Object Sort Number
object id
1977 187 37
Primary Rendition No
object id
DP102115
Title
designation
,
object type
Head of an Oba
Medium
material
Brass
Dimensions
dimensions
H. 13 1/4 × W. 10 3/4 × D. 11 1/8 in. (33.7 × 27.3 × 28.3 cm)
Classification
object type
Metal-Sculpture
Date
date made
19th century
Geo: City
production place
Court of Benin
Geo: Country
production place
Nigeria
Credit Line
prior source
Bequest of Alice K. Bache, 1977
Provenance
provenance
Sir Jacob Epstein, London; [John J. Klejman, New York, until 1964]; Alice K. Bache, New York, 1964–(d.) 1977Court of Benin Objects in the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dynasty
reign associated name
Oranmiyan
Culture
ethnic attribution
Edo peoples
ExhibitionHistory
exhibition history
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