Plaque with ram head · Nigeria, Benin · ID: 3044832
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Provenance
Ludwig Maurer (1907-1986), Heppenheim, GermanyJürgen Maurer, Heppenheim, Germany
Size
H: 17 cm
H: 6.7 inch
Description
metal, collection number “12351”
Such u-shaped pendants were worn by the Oba and important dignitaries attached to a belt around the waist.
For a comparable object see Ezra, 1992, ill. 71.
The object Plaque with ram head with the object ID 3044832 was last part of the auction 90.I Tribal Art and 90.II Contemporary Native American Art at November 17, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 173.
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Comparing literature
Ezra, Kate, Royal Art of Benin, New York 1992, p. 172, ill. 71