Plaque fragment: attendant playing a side-blown trumpet
Plaque fragment: attendant playing a side-blown trumpet
Plaque fragment: attendant playing a side-blown trumpet
Plaque fragment: attendant playing a side-blown trumpet
Plaque fragment: attendant playing a side-blown trumpet
Plaque fragment: attendant playing a side-blown trumpet
Plaque fragment: attendant playing a side-blown trumpet
Plaque fragment: attendant playing a side-blown trumpet
Plaque fragment: attendant playing a side-blown trumpet
Plaque fragment: attendant playing a side-blown trumpet
Plaque fragment: attendant playing a side-blown trumpet
Plaque fragment: attendant playing a side-blown trumpet
Plaque fragment: attendant playing a side-blown trumpet
Plaque fragment: attendant playing a side-blown trumpet
Plaque fragment: attendant playing a side-blown trumpet
Plaque fragment: attendant playing a side-blown trumpet

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Plaque fragment: attendant playing a side-blown trumpet,

17th–18th century

Edo artist
y1968-31
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Title
Plaque fragment: attendant playing a side-blown trumpet
Dates

17th–18th century

Maker
Edo artist
Medium
Brass
Dimensions
h. 22.0 cm., w. 7.6 cm., d. 5.7 cm. (8 11/16 x 3 x 2 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of J. Lionberger Davis, Class of 1900
Object Number
y1968-31
Place Made

Africa, Nigeria, Benin Kingdom

Culture
African, Benin
Type
metalwork, plaques
Materials
brass (alloy)
Techniques
lost-wax process, casting (process)
Subject
musicians, men

Benin City (Edo), present-day Nigeria, probably 1897; [Mathias Komor Works of Fine Art, New York, NY]; J. Lionberger Davis; Princeton University Art Museum, 1968

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