| Object Number |
29-93-6B |
| Current Location |
Collections Storage |
| Culture |
Edo (Africa) |
| Provenience |
Nigeria | Benin Kingdom |
| Date Made |
19th century CE |
| Section |
African |
| Materials |
Ivory |
| Iconography |
Pangolin | Men |
| Description |
Carved box lid with two Portuguese figures (in European dress) fighting beside a tethered pangolin. Side of box decorated with a three band guilloche. |
| Height |
6.1 cm |
| Length |
16.2 cm |
| Width |
10.6 cm |
| Credit Line |
Purchased from the Estate of George Byron Gordon, 1927 |
| Other Number |
052 - Cast Number |
Current & Past Exhibitions
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| Plass, Margaret B. "African Negro Sculpture: A Walk Through the Gallery." The University Museum Bulletin 21, no. 4. ( Dec 1957): 5-76. See: p. 36 |
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| Reproductions. The University Museum, 1965. See: p. 24 |
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| Curnow, Kathy. Iyare! Splendor and Tension In Benin's Palace Theatre. 2016. See: pp. 98-99 |
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| Curnow, Kathy. Guide to the Benin Collection at the Penn Museum. Philadelphia: Questor | UPMAA, 2024. Page/Fig./Plate: 132 See: p. 108, fig. 114 |
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