Box

Description

Box of hardwood, rectangular with detachable lid carved in deep relief with mud-fish, entwined snakes and guilloches: West Africa, Nigeria, Edo State, Benin, 19th century

Museum reference

A.1949.204

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Box

Production information

Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria, Western Africa

Date

19th century

Style / Culture

Benin

Materials

Hardwood

Associations

British Punitive Expedition to Benin City, 1897

Links to other web pages

Digital Benin