The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Plaque: Warrior and Fish

Plaque: Warrior and Fish

Date:: 16th–17th century
Geography:: Nigeria, Court of Benin
Culture:: Edo peoples
Medium:: Brass
Dimensions:: H. 18 x W. 12 x D. 2 1/4 in. (45.8 x 30.5 x 5.7 cm)
Classification:: Metal-Sculpture
Credit Line:: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
Accession Number:: 1979.206.97

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 352

Provenance

Joseph von Sternberg (1894–1969), Vienna, New York, Hollywood, until 1949; [Julius Carlebach Gallery, New York, until 1949]; Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York, 1949, on permanent loan to The Museum of Primitive Art, New York, August 1958–1978
See also
What
Metal (59,364)

Sculpture (24,350)

Copper alloy (16,630)

Brass (3,505)

Plaques (2,403)
Where
Africa (33,501)

Nigeria (607)
In the Museum
Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas (11,467)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Guinea Coast, 1600–1800 A.D.

Guinea Coast, 1400–1600 A.D.