Ancestral Commemorative Head (uhunmwun-elao)
possibly mid-1500s or early 1600s
Maker Unknown
African Art
Ancestral Commemorative Head (uhunmwun-elao), possibly mid-1500s or early 1600s. Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Ẹdo peoples, members of the Igun Eronmwon (royal brasscasters) guild. Copper alloy and iron; overall: 29.9 x 21.6 x 20.4 cm (11 3/4 x 8 1/2 x 8 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1938.6 The obas (kings) of the Benin Kingdom still wear coral headpieces and jewelry like this sculpted head depicts.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- Copper alloy and iron
- Dimensions
- Overall: 29.9 x 21.6 x 20.4 cm (11 3/4 x 8 1/2 x 8 1/16 in.)
- Departments
- African Art
- Accession Number
- 1938.6
- Credit Line
- Dudley P. Allen Fund
- Exhibitions
- The Silver Jubilee Exhibition, Exhibition of the Month: Texture in Art, CMA 1937: Ivories and Bronzes from the Ancient Kingdom of Benin, Bulletin XXIV (March 1937), repr. p. 34.<br>Washington, DC, Howard University, Founders Library Art Gallery, African Negro Art, May 1-May 31, 1953, cat. no. 33.<br>Cleveland, East Ohio Gas Company Building, "Seaway Luncheons," week of June 8, 1959.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 108A Sub-Saharan
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