Memorial Head of King
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Aug 1992
name: label: Donor Name
content: Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
notes: label: Notes
content: Provenience undocumented. Identification provided by Hirshhorn Museum (HMSG). Description: hollow cast copper alloy head has a flared, circular base and a cylindrical, ridged neck. Face has incised curved brows, large, almond-shaped eyes with gouged pupils, flat, wide nose, and full, parted lips. Also has detailed ears. Below eyes are V-shaped scarification pattern made of circular stamps. Across forehead are 6 raised oval scarification marks. Wears round, close-fitting headgear with round opening on top. Headgear has raised diamond-shaped pattern, ornamented with 4 floral, 2 cylindrical attachments, and oval pendant hanging from front center. Back rim of head gear has single braids & notched strands (hair?) Hanging to touch bottom of neck. Rim of flared base is decorated with braided pattern. Surface of flared base covered with scroll designs & each side has raised ornamentations of a leopard, bull's head, an arm holding a weapon, & an oval.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Aug 2023
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
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370312
label: USNM Number
content: E428176-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 40 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 33.5 cm