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Brass plate

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Civic Museums of Reggio Emilia

Civic Museums of Reggio Emilia
Reggio Emilia, Italy

Brass plate, richly embossed.The edge has seventeen motifs joined together and decorated with a series of small stitches. On the bottom stands out a fantastic figure with head, arms and hands, each holding an object. A long snake-shaped tail ends the figure and wraps it completely. The bottom is decorated with a flower and perhaps a fruit on the right, a fish and a snake on the left.
Old Calabar Cultural Area (European name of the state-city of Akwa Akpa), Efik ethnicity, South Nigeria

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  • Title: Brass plate
  • Creator: unknown
  • Location: Musei Civici di Reggio Emilia
  • Photographer: Carlo Vannini
  • Period: XIX century
  • Provenance: Africa, Nigeria
  • Type: Etnic handmade
  • Medium: Brass
Civic Museums of Reggio Emilia

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