Head (Uhunmwun Elao)

1. Oba Ovonramwen (r. 1888-97, died 1914), Benin City, Kingdom of Benin, before 1897; probably taken during the British military raid. Dr. Hans Meyer (died 1929), Leipzig, Germany, 1900 [receipt from Jacques Seligmann and Company; in curatorial file]; by descent to his wife, Mrs. Hans Meyer, 1929; sold to Jacques Seligmann and Company, New York, 1933; sold to Mrs. George W. Crawford (born Annie Laurie; later Mrs. Russell B. Aitken starting in 1957; died 1984), 1940; by descent to her husband, Russell B. Aitken, 1984; sold, Christie’s, New York, April 3, 2003, lot 62, to the Art Institute of Chicago.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

• Museum fur Volkerkunde, Vienna (organizer), BENIN–Kings and Rituals: Court Arts from Nigeria, May 9–September 3, 2007, cat.; traveled to Musee du quai Branly, Paris, October 2, 2007–January 6, 2008, Ethnologisches Museum-Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, February 7–May 25, 2008, Art Institute of Chicago, July 10-September 21, 2008, cat. (Chicago only).

Plaque with equestrian ọ́bà (king) and attendants

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ùhúnmwèlaò (head of an ọ́bà)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Pair of chiefly bracelets with Portuguese and Edo figures

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Plaque with Portuguese Traders and Manillas

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Altar Tusk

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Leopard

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Plaque with Ọ́bà (King) or Chief

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Plaque with Warrior and Mudfish

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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