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The Metropolitan Museum Journal, v. 13 (1978)

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART JOURNAL | VOLUME 13

"Art and Politics: A Staff from the Court of Benin, West Africa"

Vogel, Susan Mullin

1978

14 pages

This title is out of print.

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About the authors

Susan Vogel

Met Art in Publication

Rattle Staff: Oba Akenzua I Standing on an Elephant (Ukhurhe), Bronze, copper, iron, paint(?), Edo peoples — Rattle Staff: Oba Akenzua I Standing on an Elephant (Ukhurhe)
Edo peoples
1725–50

Oko (side-blown horn), Bronze, Benin culture — Oko (side-blown horn)
Benin culture
19th century

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