Digital Benin - Brooklyn Museum - 6_100654

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ObjectID: 100654

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Digital Benin linked field	Institution field	Value
object id	ObjectID	100654
designation, object type	Title	Cylindrical Base
description	Description	A hollow copper alloy cylinder shaped object. Along the sides in high relief are: Two chameleons, three leopards, and two frogs. Around the bottom, in low relief, is a serpent whose head extends up the side of the object and bites the frog. Another serpent in low relief is along the top rim, part of its body winds down the side, curves underneath one of the leopards and bites the second frog. The tails of the leopards curve up across their backs and touch their heads. A wooden peg has been embedded in an earth-like substance which fills the top of the object. A wooden plug has been inserted in the bottom of the object. Wooden plug in bottom, with tag reading, "Ratton/Paris."
material	Medium	Copper alloy, wood
dimensions	Dimensions	6 1/8 × 2 15/16 in. (15.5 × 7.5 cm) with base: 7 1/2 × 4 1/4 in. (19 × 10.8 cm)
inscriptions	Inscriptions	labels: "TL1975.190.4"; "Ratton Paris"
date made	Alpha Sort 2	20th century
date made	Begin Date	1897
production place	Geography	Place made: Benin City, Royal Court of Benin, Edo State, Nigeria, Africa
prior source	Credit Line	Gift of Marcia and John Friede
provenance	Provenance	Prior to 1975, provenance not yet documented; before 1975, reportedly Charles Ratton, Paris; by 1975, Merton D. Simpson Gallery, New York; 1975, purchased from Merton D. Simpson Gallery by the Brooklyn Museum.
ethnic attribution	Alpha Sort	Edo
ethnic attribution	Maker	Edo
exhibition history	Exhibition History	Images of power: art of the royal court of Benin, New York University, the Grey Art Gallery, January 23 - February 21, 1981.
bibliography	Published References	Kaplan, Flora S., ed. Images of Power: Art of the Royal Court of Benin. New York, NY: New York University Press, 1981, cat. 62. Cf. Fagg, "Divine Kingship in Africa," (1970).
	Object Number	75.152.4
	Sort Number	1975 152 4