Object ID: 1954.145.44
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Object IDObject ID
1954.145.44
Object NameDesignation, Object Type
Commemorative Head of a King (Oba)
DescriptionDescription
Idealization of Oba as genre.
MediumMaterial
Copper alloy
DimensionsDimensions
20 1/4 x 11 x 11 in. (51.4 x 28 x 28 cm.)
CenturyDate Made
19th century
DateDate Made
1848-1897
OriginProduction Place
Kingdom of Benin, Nigeria
Credit LinePrior Source
Gift of Alan Wurtzburger
ProvenanceProvenance
Collection AreaPlace Collected
AFRICAN
Adolo (r. 1848–1888) or Ovonramwen (r. 1888–1897)
CultureEthnic Attribution
Edo
DepartmentDepartment and Institution
Africa, the Americas, Asia, and the Pacific Islands
NotesNotes
Per Christine Downie & Angie Elliott, BMA Conservation: CAD treated 2008, needs XRF.
Publication HistoryBibliography
Frederick John Lamp, "See the Music Hear the Dance: Rethinking African Art at the Baltimore Museum of Art." New York: Prestel, 2003, p.246, ill.
'The Intercollegian,' Vol. 78, no. 5, Jan-Feb. 1961, p. 11 repro. Members Calendar, BMA, Feb. 1985
CAA Newsletter, Spring, 1982, p. 12 'The City's Pride,' I, 5, Jan. 1983, p. 9 The BMA Members Calendar, 1 and 2, 1983
The Baltimore Museum of Art. "A Picture Book." The Baltimore Museum of Art Record, 1955: ill. p. 93.
BMA. African Spirit Series brochure 2003-2004. ill. Baltimore Museum of Art. The Baltimore Museum of Art: Celebrating a Museum. Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2014.