Memorial Head of an Oba (king)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 22 Dec 1936
label: Collection Date
content: 1923 to 1936
name: label: Collector
content: Charles C. Roberts
label: Donor Name
content: Charles C. Roberts
notes: label: Notes
content: Provenience undocumented (Benin area) collected by Charles C Roberts for NMNH between 1923-1936. Roberts noted it was made for the tourist trade. Exhibited in Cultures of Africa Hall 1967-1991. Description: cast brass head. Originally had an ornamental trident shaped piece attached to the top of the headdress.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 25 Nov 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Edo State / Kingdom of Benin, Nigeria, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Edo
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 141728
label: USNM Number
content: E378287-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture
physicalDescription: label: Height
content: 19 cm