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Brooklyn Museum
ObjectID: 68988
Institution media
4 Images
Digital Benin research
Digital Benin linked field
Value
English designation
Lidded bowl
Category
Containers
Provenance
British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897
Peralta-Ramos, Arturo
Peralta-Ramos, Paul
Rogers, Millicent Abigail
Webster, William Downing
Location
200 Eastern Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY 11238, United States
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Internal Data (eng)
Brooklyn Museum
The data was transferred directly by the institution.
Last Updated: 2021-06-30
Language: english
Digital Benin linked fieldInstitution fieldValue
object idObjectID68988
designation, object typeTitleBox in the Form of a Leopard's Head
descriptionDescriptionBox in form of leopard head, wood with metal tacks over surface, ears protrude, teeth and fangs represented.
materialMediumWood, upholstery studs
dimensionsDimensions6 11/16 × 5 5/16 × 4 1/4 in. (17 × 13.5 × 10.8 cm)
inscriptionsInscriptions
date madeAlpha Sort 219th century
date madeBegin Date1801
production placeGeographyPlace made: Benin City, Royal Court of Benin, Edo State, Nigeria, Africa
prior sourceCredit LineGift of Arturo and Paul Peralta-Ramos
provenanceProvenanceUntil 1897, Benin Kingdom; 1897, taken from the Royal Palace during the British military raid and occupation of Benin City by an unidentified British agent; between 1897 and 1901, provenance not yet documented; by 1901, William Dowling Webster, London; between 1901 and 1953, provenance not yet documented; by 1953, acquired by Millicent A. Rogers; 1953, Millicent A. Rogers to Arturo and Paul Peralta-Ramos, by descent; 1956, gift of Arturo and Paul Peralta-Ramos to the Brooklyn Museum.
ethnic attributionAlpha SortEdo
ethnic attributionMakerEdo
exhibition historyExhibition HistoryBrooklyn 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. Museum for African Art, New York, NY, "Animals in African Art: From the Familiar to the Marvelous, February 11, 1996 - April 27, 1997. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, "Nigerian Splendor," April 21 - May 18, 1980. Summit Art Gallery, Summit, NJ, "The Animal Kingdom," March 7 - April 10, 1978. Cosmopolitan Club, New York, NY, Summer 1970.
bibliographyPublished ReferencesSculpture Review, Spring/Summer 1995. p. 32, illustration lower left; "Animals in African Art", Museum for African Art, Prestel, Munich: 1995, illustr. #120, p. 170. 1901. Webster, W.D. Illustrated Catalogue of Ethnological Specimens. European and Eastern Arms and Armour. Prehistoric and Other Curiosities, Vol. 5, No. 29. Fig 70 (11302), plate 43.
Object Number56.6.31a-b
Sort Number1956 6 31a b