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Plaque of Oba Esigie on Horseback with Attendants
, 16th/17th century
Edo
Benin Kingdom, Nigeria
Plaque of a Palace Interior
, 16th/17th century
Edo
Benin Kingdom, Nigeria
Plaque of a "Leopard Hunt" with Portuguese Hunters
, 16th century
Master of the Leopard Hunt (active 16th/17th century)
Edo
Benin Kingdom, Nigeria
Plaque of a Seated Oba with Attendants
, 16th/17th century
Edo
Benin Kingdom, Nigeria
Plaque of Three Traders from Benin
, 16th/17th century
Edo
Benin Kingdom, Nigeria
Double Plaque of a Portuguese Man
, 16th/17th century
Master of the Circled Cross (active 16th/17th century)
Edo
Benin Kingdom, Nigeria
Plaque of a Battle Scene, Possibly the Idah War
, 16th/17th century
Battle Master (active 16th/17th century)
Edo
Benin Kingdom, Nigeria
Plaque of Oba Ozolua with Warriors and Attendants
, 16th/17th century
Edo
Benin Kingdom, Nigeria
Plaque of an Oba or Warrior with Attendants
, Mid-16th/17th century
Edo
Benin Kingdom, Nigeria
Head
, 12th/15th century
Ife
Nigeria
Altar Head for an Oba (Uhunmwun Elao)
, 18th/early 19th century
Edo, Court of Benin
Nigeria
Altar Head of an Oba (Uhunmwun Elao)
, 16th century
Edo
Benin Kingdom, Nigeria
Altar Head of an Iyoba (Uhunmwun Elao)
, 16th century
Edo
Benin Kingdom, Nigeria
Oba's Altar Tusk
, 1850/1888
Edo, Court of Benin
Nigeria
Altar Group (Aseberia) with Oba Akenzua I and Attendants
, 18th century
Edo
Benin Kingdom, Nigeria
Altar Group (Aseberia) with Oba Ewuakpe and Attendants
, 18th century
Edo
Benin Kingdom, Nigeria
Pair of Leopards
, 16th/18th century
Edo
Benin Kingdom, Nigeria
Oba Eresoyen's Stool
, 18th century
Edo
Benin Kingdom, Nigeria
Dignitary, Possibly the Attah of Idah, on Horseback
, 16th century
Edo
Benin Kingdom, Nigeria
Portuguese Musketeer
, 16th century
Edo
Benin Kingdom, Nigeria
Ewua Official
, 18th century (?)
Edo
Benin Kingdom, Nigeria
Altar Group (Aseberia) with an Iyoba and Attendants
, 17th/18th century
Edo
Benin Kingdom, Nigeria
Court Dwarfs
, 14th/15th century
Edo
Benin Kingdom, Nigeria
Altar Figure of an Oba
, 17th/18th century
Edo
Benin Kingdom, Nigeria
Oba's Crown (Erhu Ede)
, 18th/19th century
Edo
Benin Kingdom, Nigeria
Oba's Fly Wisk (Ugbudian Ivie)
, 18th/19th century
Edo
Benin Kingdom, Nigeria
Oba's Shirt (Ewu Ivie N'ovien Iye)
, 18th/19th century
Edo
Benin Kingdom, Nigeria
Pair of Arm Cuffs
, 18th century
Edo
Benin Kingdom, Nigeria
Arm Cuff with Brass Inlay
, 18th century (?)
Edo
Benin Kingdom, Nigeria
Waist Pendant of an Oba with Attendants
, 18th century
Edo
Benin Kingdom, Nigeria
Waist Pendant of a Leopard's Head
, 17th/18th century
Edo
Benin Kingdom, Nigeria
Double-Gong and Striker
, 16th century
Edo
Benin Kingdom, Nigeria
Saltcellar
, Early 16th century
Edo
Benin Kingdom, Nigeria
Container
, 18th century
Yoruba
Owo Kingdom, Nigeria
Box in the Shape of an Antelope Head (Orievbee)
, 18th century
Edo
Benin Kingdom, Nigeria
Box in the Shape of a Palace Building
, 17th/18th century
Edo
Benin Kingdom, Nigeria
Oba Ovonramwen's Stool (Agba)
, Late 19th century
Edo
Benin Kingdom, Nigeria
Boat Composition
, 2006
Omodamwen workshop
Benin City, Nigeria
Oba Akenzua II Greeting Queen Elizabeth II
, Late 20th century
Philip Omodamwen (active late 20th century)
Benin City, Nigeria
Benin—Kings and Rituals: Court Arts from Nigeria
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