Bronze Door Escutcheon
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Nov 1998
label: Collection Date
content: 1973
name: label: Collector
content: Frank Graves
label: Donor Name
content: Frank Graves
notes: label: Notes
content: LONG, OVAL-SHAPED WITH POINTED ENDS, WHICH ARE PIERCED WITH HOLES. RELIEF DEPICTS TRADITIONAL BENIN BRONZE MASKS IN ORDER FROM TOP TO BOTTOM: AN ANCESTRAL MEMORIAL HEAD, FRONTAL VIEW; QUEEN'S HEAD, SIDE VIEW; AND A FRONTAL VIEW OF A HIP PENDANT MASK. BELOW THIS LAST MASK IS A RAISED MOTIF OF A FOUR-POINT STAR-SHAPED BEAD CLUSTER.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 5 Jan 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Benin City, Nigeria, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416169
label: USNM Number
content: E428309-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Escutcheon
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 26.2 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 5.8 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 1 cm