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Likely Benin Bronze African Altar Figure
Lot 1495

Likely Benin Bronze African Altar Figure

Estimate: $100 - $200
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Likely Benin Bronze African Altar Figure. This sculpture depicts a man holding items in each hand. Condition as pictured, note picture #9. Wear and patina commensurate with age. 

 

The 'Benin Bronzes' (made of brass and bronze) are a group of sculptures which include elaborately decorated cast relief plaques, commemorative heads, animal and human figures, items of royal regalia, and personal ornaments. They were created from at least the 1500s onwards in the West African Kingdom of Benin, by a specialist guild working for the royal court of the Oba (king) in Benin City. The Kingdom also supported guilds working in other materials such as ivory, wood, leather, coral/red stone and textiles, and the term 'Benin Bronzes' is sometimes used to refer to historic objects produced using these other materials.

Many pieces were commissioned specifically for the ancestral altars of past Obas and Queen Mothers. They were also used in other rituals to honour the ancestors and to validate the accession of a new Oba. 

 

Size: 3 1/2 x 2 x 6 1/4 in. 

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Condition

Condition as pictured, note picture #9. Wear and patina commensurate with age. 

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3 1/2 x 2 x 6 1/4 in.

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