Bronze pendant in form of equestrian figure on a lunate or crescentic plate, from which five chains with bells, a bronze mounted stone charm and an anthropomorphic snuff-bottle hang.
See two similar objects, both without pendant attachments, in the Museum of Ethnology, Dresden collections, Inv. No. 16168 and in the Berlin Ethnologisches Museum, Cat. No. III C 10875~Register 1949: Bronze Pendant in form of Equestrian figure on a lunate form, from which 5 chains with bells , a bronze mounted stone charm & an anthropomorphic snuff-bottle hang. "Formerly in the possession of the first District Commisioner at Benin after the 1897 expedition & then of his stepdaughter, Mrs Ossiakovska." BENIN, NIGERIA. Register 1949 later addition: [Not in Benin style, except snuff bottle (WBF)] Register 1949 later addition: [Lower Niger Bronze Industry (WBF)].