Benin Kingdom Brass Plaque: Warrior and Attendants

Arts of Significance 1600 AD Renaissance 🇳🇬 Nigeria 289 views

A cast brass plaque from the royal court of the Kingdom of Benin, Nigeria, depicting a senior warrior flanked by attendants in full ceremonial regalia. Produced by Benin palace guilds using the lost-wax technique, 16th–17th century.

The Bronzes of BeninThe Kingdom of Benin — centred in present-day Edo State, Nigeria — produced some of the most technically sophisticated metal castings in pre-modern world history. Between the 13th and 19th centuries, palace guilds of brass-smiths crafted commemorative plaques, portrait heads, and...

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