Figure of a cockerel of cast brass/bronze standing on a square base, feathers represented by cross-hatchings and herring-bone patterns, surface covered with a red pigment: West Africa, Nigeria, Edo State, Benin, 19th century
WEST AFRICA. NIGERIA. BENIN. BRONZES. FIGURE OF A COCK, bronze (covered with a reddish brown patina), shown standing on a square base, feathers represented by cross-hatchings and herring-bone patterns. Somewhat crude work. Benin area of S. Nigeria, probably late 19th century. Midwestern State.