id:			130708
accession number:	1953.425
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1953.425
updated:		2024-03-26 01:58:28.792000

Plaque, 1500s–1600s. Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Ẹdo peoples, members of the Igun Eronmwon (royal brasscasters) guild. Copper alloy; overall: 49.4 x 30.6 cm (19 7/16 x 12 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1953.425

title:				Plaque
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creation date:			1500s–1600s
creation date earliest:		1500
creation date latest:		1699
current location:		108A Sub-Saharan
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Ẹdo peoples, members of the Igun Eronmwon (royal brasscasters) guild
technique:	Copper alloy
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Sculpture
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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 49.4 x 30.6 cm (19 7/16 x 12 1/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Imagination of Primitive Man
	opening date:   1962-01-18T05:00:00
	<i>The Imagination of Primitive Man</i>. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO (organizer) (January 18-February 25, 1962).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Commissioned from the Igun Eronmwon
	date: 1500s-1600s
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	by descent to Ọba Ovọnramwẹn (Ovọnramwẹn Nogbaisi, [c. 1857–1914, r. 1888–97], Royal Palace, Benin City, until the Siege of Benin (1897)
	date: c. 1857-1897
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	possibly Sir Admiral Rawson
	date: ?-?
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	(John Wise Ltd., New York City, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH)
	date: ?-1953
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1953-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Brooklyn Museum. <em>Masterpieces of African Art. Exhibition Dates: October 21, 1954-January 2, 1955.</em> [Brooklyn]: Brooklyn Museum, 1954.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 41; Reproduced: no. 58
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 384
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n72

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 302
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n326

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 302
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n326

	Wixom, WIlliam D. "African Art at the Cleveland Museum of Art." <em>African Arts</em>. 10, no. 3. (April 1977) 16-25.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 19; Reproduced: p. 25, fig 13.
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 411
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n431

	Gunsch, Kathryn Wysocki. <em>The Benin Plaques: A 16th Century Imperial Monument.</em> London : Routledge, Taylor &amp; Francis Group, 2018.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 99; Reproduced: p. 100, fig. 5.37
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	Windmuller-Luna, Kristen. “Art from the Benin Kingdom.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>61, no. 1 (Winter 2021): 34-35.
	page number: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 34.
	url:		

	<em>Digital Benin, </em>Markk Museum Am Rothenbaum Kulturen und Kunste der Welt<em>, (</em>Last Updated: 2021-02-13)
	page number: 	ID 130708
	url:		https://digitalbenin.org/catalogue/8_130708

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