Architecture
Door Boss
2003-48-27
From: Dahomey | Benin
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 2003-48-27 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Dahomey | Benin |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood | Pigment |
| Technique | Carved | Painted |
| Description | Building component. Door boss (decoration). Carved and painted man's head with hat. Red, white, black, and yellow pigments used. (1900.1.A0004) |
| Height | 16 cm |
| Length | 9.5 cm |
| Width | 9.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
| Other Number | 1993.X.1501 - Other Number |
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