Saltcellar with Portuguese Figures
Object type: Saltcellar
Department: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Culture: Edo (Bini-Portuguese)
Artist: Master of the Heraldic Ship
Artist bio: Court of Owo or Benin, Nigerian
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Nigerian
Date: ca. 1525–1600
Medium: Ivory
Dimensions: H. 7 1/2 × W. 3 × D. 3 1/4 in. (19.1 × 7.6 × 8.3 cm)
Classification: Bone/Ivory-Containers
Geography:     Nigeria Court of Owo or Benin 
Credit line: Louis V. Bell and Rogers Funds, 1972
Accession year: 1972
Tags: Swords|Spears|Men