| Native Name |
Agba |
| Object Number |
AF5101 |
| Current Location |
Collections Storage |
| Culture |
Edo (Africa) |
| Provenience |
Nigeria | Benin Kingdom |
| Culture Area |
Southern Nigeria | Edo (Africa) |
| Date Made |
19th century CE |
| Section |
African |
| Materials |
Wood |
| Description |
Carved rectangular stool (agba). The four legs joined by four braces, the whole carved with guilloches, loops, and zigzags. |
| Height |
44 cm |
| Length |
66.5 cm |
| Width |
40.5 cm |
| Credit Line |
Purchased from W. O. Oldman, 1920 |
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
| Hall, Henry U. "Great Benin Royal Altar." The Museum Journal 13, no. 2. (1922): 105-168. See: p. 156, p. 158, fig. 70- 71 |
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| Howell, Carol-Joyce. "Warp and Woof." The University Museum Bulletin 14, no. 3. (1949): 2-21. See: p. 21 |
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| Plass, Margaret B. Seven Metals of Africa. The University Museum, 1959. |
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| Ben-Amos, Paula G. The Art of Benin. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995. Page/Fig./Plate: 1-128 See: p. 24, fig. 12 |
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| Curnow, Kathy. Iyare! Splendor and Tension In Benin's Palace Theatre. 2016. See: p. 8 |
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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. 50, fig. 58 |
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| "Digital Benin." See: |
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