Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART: Head of an Oba (King)
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Head of an Oba (King)
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Image View:
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Detail of eye with rope-like outline
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Creator:
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unknown (Edo (African culture) sculptor)
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Location:
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repository: Musée Picasso [Paris] (Paris, Île-de-France, France) MP3636
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Location Note:
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From Africa to the Americas: Face-to-Face Picasso, Past and Present (2018 exhibition)
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Date:
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ca. 1850 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Edo (African culture); Nigerian
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Style Period:
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Edo (African culture)
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Work Type 1:
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sculpture (visual work)
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Classification:
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Sculpture and Installations
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Material:
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bronze
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Technique:
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casting (process); metalworking
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Measurements:
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53 cm (height) x 39 cm (width)
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Subjects:
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portrait; rulers and leaders; Great Britain--Colonies; Kingdom of Benin; ivory trade
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Description:
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The present Edo people, living in Nigeria's Bendel state outside Benin City (formerly named Edo), all trace their origins to the Kingdom of Benin. The kingdom, ruled by an Oba (king) is known to date from the 11th century, although the oral tradition is older. The first European contact was with the Portuguese about 1485. The kingdom was overthrown and the city of Edo destroyed in conflict with the British, 1897. The stolen portrait figures, busts, and groups created in iron, carved ivory, and especially in brass (conventionally called the "Benin Bronzes") are now displayed in museums around the world. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A3-AFRICAN-FAFFM-OH-A05
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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