Box

Description

Oval box of elephant ivory, carved around the edge with an interlocked guilloche pattern, with lid carved with representations of two fighting Portuguese soldiers alongside a coiled pangolin: West Africa, Nigeria, Edo State, Benin, 19th century

Museum reference

A.1985.309

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Box, Lid

Production information

Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria, Western Africa

Date

19th century

Style / Culture

Benin

Materials

Elephant ivory

Associations

British Punitive Expedition to Benin City, 1897

Exhibitions

• Artistic Legacies (08 Feb 2019)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Artistic Legacies (29 Jul 2011 - 2018)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Artistic Legacies (29 Jul 2011 - 2018)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Benin - Kings and Rituals: Court Arts from Nigeria (08 May 2007 - 21 Sep 2008)
  Museum Für Völkerkunde
  Musée du Quai Branly
  Ethnologisches Museum
  The Art Institute of Chicago

Links to other web pages

Digital Benin

On display

national museum of scotland »
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world cultures, artistic legacies