Plaque Of 3 Figures
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Aug 1992
label: Collection Date
content: 1955
name: label: Donor Name
content: Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
notes: label: Notes
content: Provenience undocumented (Benin City caster, Nigeria, 20th c, probably post-1945; Andre Derain, Paris, by 1955; D'Arcy Galleries of New York, to 5/16/59; Joseph Hirshhorn purchase 5/16/59 to 1966). Vetted by William Fagg & Philip Dark. Fagg considered it to be a modern forgery. Dark agreed that this piece was dated to post-1945. 6/22/79 visit from Douglas Fraser of Columbia U & participants of his NEH seminar confirmed that this piece was 20th c. Derain attribution unclear but was listed as #117 in Andre Derain collection, Paris 1955. Description: rectangular cast plaque depicts frontal view of 3 male figures, dressed in elaborate head gear, armors, & knee-length skirts. Arms extend forward holding weapons. Plaque has loop at center of top edge. Background has 2-headed snake running along left, right, & top edges. Bottom edge has row of 3 masks. Condition: severe loss of middle figure (right leg & part of left leg are gone). Archives acc. 86-136, box 1
label: Notes
content: Archives acc. 86-136, box 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 29 Nov 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Benin City, Edo State / Kingdom of Benin, Nigeria, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Edo
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370312
label: USNM Number
content: E428168-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Plaque
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 39 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 26.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 8.5 cm