Lost wax cast bronze head of an Oba. Taken from a shrine in the Royal Palace of Benin.
Were purchased together with 1898.193.b on Friday 16th September 1898, from Robert McTear &Co, Auctioneers and not, as it states in the original accessions register, Robert McLean.
The original Glasgow Museums’ 1898 register entry for both reads:
‘Human‑headed vase or Tusk‑holder, from the Ju‑ju house of the King of Benin, of cast and chiselled bronze’