"Architectural Element - Edo Culture, Benin Kingdom, Nigeria - 19th Century Or Earlier"
ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT, probably from AUTEL, with an anthropomorphic face wearing plaits and buns. Its slender neck is adorned with a multi-ring torque necklace.
Edo culture, Kingdom of Benin, Nigeria
19th century or earlier
Copper alloy
H. 8.5; L 3.3 cm
N° B14 from the exhibition ‘BRONZES, MINIATURES MONUMENTALES’, second part