Edo Commemorative Head of an Oba - SOLD
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Benin Kingdom, Nigeria
Ca. 18th/19th Century
Terracotta
Height 8 1/2”
Provenance: Sotheby's, New York, 17 November 2006, Lot 56
William W. Brill Collection, New York (inv. no. 110 on back in white), acquired in the mid-1960s
Merton D. Simpson Gallery, New York
Important Private Collection
Exhibited: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Milwaukee Public Museum, Selections from the William W.
Brill Collection of African Art, 5 May - 31 August 1969; St. Paul Art Center, St. Paul, 23 October - 21 December 1969; and Tweed Art Gallery - University of Minnesota, Duluth, 14 January - 22 February 1970