Currently not on view
Figure (probably from an altar): Portuguese man,
17th century
Edo artist
y1968-32
Information
Title
Figure (probably from an altar): Portuguese man
Dates
17th century
Maker
Edo artist
Medium
Brass
Dimensions
11.0 cm x 6.5 cm x 3.5 cm (4 5/16 x 2 9/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of J. Lionberger Davis, Class of 1900
Object Number
y1968-32
Place Made
Africa, Nigeria, Benin Kingdom
Materials
Techniques
Subject
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
- Alfreda J. Murck, "Acquisitions 1968", Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 27, no. 2 (1968): p. 94-105., p. 96
- Allen Rosenbaum and Francis F. Jones, Selections from The Art Museum, Princeton University, (Princeton, NJ: The Art Museum, Princeton University, 1986), p. 29 (illus.)
- "Selected checklist of objects in the collection of African art," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 58, no. 1/2 (1999): p. 77–83., p. 78
