A Bronze head of a Portuguese in the style of Benin, a large cylindrical neck, the face is composed of delicate features of a closed bulbous mouth, surrounded by a straight mustache and thin rectangular goatee, small pointed nose, two eyes, large, opened, with pupils showing, they both are looking downwards, the top of the head is adorned with a large three part hat, onto which are double wooden flange, which, according of Kathryn Wysocki Gunch, belong to the reign of Oba Orhogbua 1550 - 1578 and not of the reign of his father Oba Esigie 1504 - 1550; There is some damage done at the top of the headdress, of visible holes. Certificate of provenance.

Kathryn Wysocki Gunch , The Benin Plaques. A 16th Century Imperial Monument.
"I tryed to construct a timeline according the pattern of the flanges. An attempt which tryed already Philip Dark and Frank Willet with other arguments based on the appearance of the plaques."

sold

Height: 33 cm
Weight: 2,6 kg