Plaque: Warrior and Attendants, 16th–17th century, Nigeria, Court of Benin, Edo peoples, Brass, H. 18 3/4 in. ( cm), Metal

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Plaque: Warrior and Attendants, 16th–17th century, Nigeria, Court of Benin, Edo peoples, Brass, H. 18 3/4 in. ( cm), Metal-Sculpture, During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, a remarkable series of works were created to adorn the exterior of the royal palace in Benin City. A seventeenth-century Dutch visitor to the court of Benin, Olfert Dapper, described the sprawling palace complex—with its many large courtyards and galleries—as containing wooden pillars covered from top to bottom with rectangular cast brass plaques

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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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