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accession-loan-noObject ID, Accession Date
202/1915
5647
full-nameDesignation
commemorative head
descriptionDescription, Provenance
Cast copper alloy head of an Oba, into which a large carved tusk would have been placed. Probably made to commemorate the reign of Oba Osemwede which ended in 1848. It was placed on an altar in the Oba’s Palace in Benin.
Donated by Ralph Locke in 1915, who was one of two named survivors of the ill-fated trade mission to Benin City which was attacked in January 1897, and which gave the British government the excuse they required to invade the following month of that year.
H. 385 x Dia. 250 mm
materialMaterial
cast copper alloy
mediumMaterial
null
dimensionsDimensions
Whole height 385 mm; whole diameter 250 mm
common-nameObject Type
commemorative head
simple-nameObject Type
sculpture
inscription-transcriptionInscriptions
null
production-dateDate Made
c1816
production-year-highDate Made
1848
production-year-lowDate Made
null
production-person-initialsProducer
null
production-person-surnameProducer
null
production-methodProduction Technique
null
collection-continentProduction Place
Africa
collection-countyProduction Place
null
collection-townProduction Place
null
production-area-regionProduction Place
West Africa
production-continentProduction Place
Africa
production-countryProduction Place, Production Place
Nigeria
production-countyProduction Place
SW Nigeria
production-townProduction Place
Benin City
collector-excavatorProvenance
null
collection-area-regionPlace Collected
W
collection-countryPlace Collected
null
collection-site-namePlace Collected
null
cultural-groupEthnic Attribution
Edo
collection-classDepartment and Institution
Religion and magic
function-detailNotes
would have been displayed in the palace shrine and used for ceremonies
function-nameNotes
commemorative
on-displayDisplay Status
null
bibliographic-referenceBibliography
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ownership-creditLegal Status
null
licence-copyright-holderLicense
null
image-urlImages
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original-object-urlWeblink
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