Waist pendant
Nigeria, Edo peoples, Benin Kingdom Court Style
c. 1720-1820
Ivory
8 x 4 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. (20.32 x 12.07 x 6.35 cm)
Dallas Museum of Art, The Eugene and Margaret McDermott Art Fund, Inc., 1994.201.McD
c. 1720-1820 to 1897: Palace of the Oba of Benin
1897: William Kelland (a private in the Royal Marines), taken as war booty during the Benin Punitive Expedition1992-1994: L&R Entwistle 1994: L & R Entwhistle and Co. Ltd., London, purchased at Christie’s (South Kensington) TribalArt auction, Tuesday, March 24, 1992, Lot 247
1994: The Eugene and Margaret McDermott Art Fund, Inc., Dallas, purchased from above.
Published Referencesbibliography Arts d'Afrique Noire Spring 1992, no. 81. Christie's advertisement, p. 23. DMA’s is upper left.
Christie's. TribalArt. South Kensington, London: Christie's. Date of Sale: Tuesday, 24 March, 1992. Lot 247, p. 24; illustrated on front cover, and w/text, p. 25.
Dallas Museum of Art. The Year in Review 1996-1997, p. 24, illustrated.
Dallas Museum of Art: A Guide to the Collection. Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art, 1997, p. 149, illus. [RA= Ramona Austin]
Walker, Roslyn Adele. The Arts of Africa at the Dallas Museum of Art. Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art, 2009. p. 49; cat. no. 4, pp. 48, 50.
Boateng, Osei, "Dazzling Treasures of Africa," New African magazine (London). No 495 (May 2010): pp. 22-25, illus. p. 23.
Pitman, Bonnie, ed. Dallas Museum of Art: A Guide to the Collection. Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art, 2012, 77, illus.