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Bronze plaque

Unknown1600/1700

Museum of Ethnography

Museum of Ethnography
Stockholm, Sweden

Warrior chief wearing the coral-bead collar, leopard-tooth necklace, quadrangular bell, sword, and shield assosiated with warriors. Late 17th century. Relief plaques in bronze once adorned the colonnadesthat supported the roofs of the royal palaces.Originally, this relief table was half a metrehigh and had more than one figure. A coral collarcovers the mouth of the figure and underneath isa necklace made of leopard teeth and a clock.On the tunic there is a leopard’s head.

Details

  • Title: Bronze plaque
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: 1600/1700
  • Physical Dimensions: w190 x h380 mm
  • Type: Bronze plaque
  • Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/se/
  • Provenance: Benin City, Nigeria
  • Place Part Of: Nigeria

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