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Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University
Object Number:
968-16-50/11175
Institution media
1 Images
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Uhunmwu-Ẹkuẹ
English designation
Pendant Mask
Category
Ceremonial Regalia
Provenance
Lothrop, Samuel Kirkland
Tozzer, Margaret Castle
Location
11 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138, United States
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Internal Data (eng)
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University
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Last Updated: 2021-09-10
Language:
english
Object Number
object id
968-16-50/11175
Display Title
designation
Bronze head
Inventory Description
description
,
object type
Mask, human face, wearing headdress, perforated loops around neck
Object Description
description
Bronze head (hollow about 4 inches high). Small bronze mask
Materials
material
Bronze
Dimensions
dimensions
Overall: 9.6 x 6.4 x 1.6 cm (3 3/4 x 2 1/2 x 5/8 in.)
Classication
object type
Mask
Quantity
object count
Date
date made
GeoLocale
production place
Geography/Provenience
production place
Africa\Nigeria
Credit Line
prior source
Gift of Mrs. Margaret Castle Tozzer, 1968.
Provenance: Collector
prior source
,
provenance
Provenance: Dr. Samuel Kirkland Lothrop
Provenance: Acquisition
provenance
Donor: Mrs. Margaret Castle Tozzer
Culture/Period
ethnic attribution
Benin
Department
department and institution
Ethnographic
Image Credit Line Reproduction
license
Gift of Mrs. Margaret Castle Tozzer, 1968. Image © President and Fellows of Harvard College, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 2006.32.24
URL
weblink
https://collections.peabody.harvard.edu/objects/125469
Digital File Number
46670088