Bracelet
Edo Artist, Kingdom of Benin
Nigeria

Details
Title
Bracelet
Artist/Maker
Edo Artist, Kingdom of Benin (Nigeria)
Date
nineteenth century or earlier
Medium
Ivory
Dimensions
4 3/4 × 3 × 3 1/8 inches
Credit
Fred and Rita Richman Collection
Accession #
2002.288
On View
Currently not on view
This ivory bracelet from the 800-year-old Edo Kingdom of Benin is decorated with motifs that refer to the great sixteenth-century warrior king Oba Esigie. Motifs associated with Esigie were popular during the reign of the late-nineteenth-century king Oba Ovoranmwen. The motifs include a Portuguese soldier on horseback and an image of the king himself, depicted in the guise of a leopard. The bracelet’s deep burgundy color is the result of repeated applications of red palm oil mixed with spirits.
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