ObjectID: 155628
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ObjectIDObject ID
155628
Waist Pendant with Oba and Two Attendants
DescriptionDescription
Semicircular cast ornament depicting three figures in high relief, possibly lost-wax cast. The figures are dressed in skirted textured costumes with beaded high collars. Each wears a domed headdress with shoulder-length side flaps and a crown topped with dowel-like extension. Legs are adorned with multiple cast coral bead anklets. The edge of the ornament is finished with a row of small pierced circles. Back of plaque has the a cast-in image of a knife, possibly a maker's mark.
MediumMaterial
Copper alloy
DimensionsDimensions
8 x 6 1/4 x 2 1/4 in (20.3 x 15.9 x 5.7 cm)
InscriptionsInscriptions
"25601" painted in white on back
Alpha Sort 2Date Made
mid-16th to early 17th century
Begin DateDate Made
1550
GeographyProduction Place
Place made: Benin City, Royal Court of Benin, Edo State, Nigeria, Africa
Credit LinePrior Source
Gift of Beatrice Riese
ProvenanceProvenance
Until at least 1897, Benin Kingdom; 1897, probably taken from the Royal Palace during the British military raid and occupation of Benin City by an unidentified British agent, possibly Admiral Sir George Le Clerc Egerton, London; before 1940, collection of Admiral Sir George Le Clerc Egerton; by 1954, acquired by Mrs. Webster (Margaret F.) Plass, London; by 1960, acquired by Julius Carlebach, New York; 1960, acquired from Julius Carlebach by Beatrice Riese, New York; 1998, gift of Beatrice Riese to the Brooklyn Museum.
Alpha SortEthnic Attribution
Edo
MakerEthnic Attribution
Edo
Exhibition HistoryExhibition History
Brooklyn Museum, "Double Take: African Innovations," Long-term Installation, October 29, 2014 - March 19, 2017. Brooklyn Museum, "African Innovations," Long-term Installation, August 12, 2011 - September 28, 2014. Brooklyn Museum, “Arts of Africa,” Long-term Installation, May 24, 2001- June 26, 2011. Brooklyn Museum, "Masterworks of African Art from the Collection of Beatrice Riese," March 24 - September 10, 2000. University Museum, Philadelphia, PA, "African Tribal Sculpture," April - September 1956. Brooklyn Museum of Art, "Masterpieces of African Art, " October 21, 1954 - January 2, 1955.
Published ReferencesBibliography
Siegmann, William C., Kevin D. Dumouchelle and Joseph Adande. African Art: a Century at the Brooklyn Museum. New York, NY: Prestel, 2009, cat. 48, inside front cover, 138-9. Newsweek (Jul 25 1960): 104, illus. Plass, Margaret. African Tribal Sculpture. Philadelphia, PA: University Museum, 1956, cat. no. 16-c. Brooklyn Museum. Masterpieces of African Art Exhibition (exh. cat.). New York, NY, 1954, 42, cat. no. 71.