COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
Collection
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AMICA ID:
CMA_.1938.6
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CMA_.1938.6
AMICA ID
false
AMICA Library Year:
2000
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2000
AMICA Library Year
false
Object Type:
Sculpture
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Sculpture
Object Type
false
Creator Name:
Unknown
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Unknown
Creator Name
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Creator Nationality:
Nigerian
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Nigerian
Creator Nationality
false
Creator Name-CRT:
Africa, Nigeria, Edo, Benin City
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Africa, Nigeria, Edo, Benin City
Creator Name-CRT
false
Title:
Head of a King
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Head of a King
Title
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Title Type:
Primary
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Primary
Title Type
false
View:
Detail
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Detail
View
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Creation Date:
1600s
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1600s
Creation Date
false
Creation Start Date:
1600
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1600
Creation Start Date
false
Creation End Date:
1699
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1699
Creation End Date
false
Materials and Techniques:
bronze
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bronze
Materials and Techniques
false
Style or Period:
Africa, Nigeria, Edo, Benin City
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Africa, Nigeria, Edo, Benin City
Style or Period
false
Dimensions:
Overall: 29.9cm x 21.6cm x 20.4cm
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Overall: 29.9cm x 21.6cm x 20.4cm
Dimensions
false
AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
1938.6
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1938.6
ID Number
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Credit Line:
Dudley P. Allen Fund
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Dudley P. Allen Fund
Credit Line
false
Rights:
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<a href="http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html"target="_new">http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html</a>
Rights
false
Context:
The powerful Benin kingdom of southern Nigeria was noted for its ancient, refined artistic traditions. Benin witnessed a remarkable flowering of the arts from about 1400 to 1900 -- mainly sponsored by the king. One of the site that received much artistic attention was the altar for the king's ancestors containing bronze heads, bells, sculptures, wooden rattle staffs, carved ivory tusks, and other objects that commemorated the power and spiritual presence of past rulers.The altar's centerpiece was a bronze head representing a departed ruler. It was cast by the 'lost-wax' (cire perdue) method, whereby the sculpture was first modelled in wax, covered in clay, and then heated to melt off the wax, which was thus 'lost' and replaced by molten bronze. The head supports an elaborately carved ivory tusk that symbolizes the awesome spiritual powers emanating from the king's sacred head. The museum's tusk dates to the 1800s. Together, the head and the carved tusk document a span of nearly three centuries of Benin art history.
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The powerful Benin kingdom of southern Nigeria was noted for its ancient, refined artistic traditions. Benin witnessed a remarkable flowering of the arts from about 1400 to 1900 -- mainly sponsored by the king. One of the site that received much artistic attention was the altar for the king's ancestors containing bronze heads, bells, sculptures, wooden rattle staffs, carved ivory tusks, and other objects that commemorated the power and spiritual presence of past rulers.The altar's centerpiece was a bronze head representing a departed ruler. It was cast by the 'lost-wax' (cire perdue) method, whereby the sculpture was first modelled in wax, covered in clay, and then heated to melt off the wax, which was thus 'lost' and replaced by molten bronze. The head supports an elaborately carved ivory tusk that symbolizes the awesome spiritual powers emanating from the king's sacred head. The museum's tusk dates to the 1800s. Together, the head and the carved tusk document a span of nearly three centuries of Benin art history.
Context
false
Related Image Identifier Link:
CMA_.1938.6det05.tif
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CMA_.1938.6det05.tif
Related Image Identifier Link
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