Antique works of art from Benin : collected by Lieutenant-General Pitt Rivers (1900)
[London] : Printed privately · leaf 150
Antique Works of Art from Benin. 72 DESCRIPTION OF PLATE XXXVI. Figs. 272 to 274. — Wooden comb, the handle carved as links of a chain, with a figure at top. Fig. 275. — Small iron knife or bill-hook ; the edge on the convex side ; with brass handle terminating in a pommel representing a human… … 127, Plate XXI. HACK VIEW. Figs. 277 and 278. — Head carved in hard wood. The coral choker, the band round the head-dress, the feather on left side and the base are entirely covered with thin brass or bronze. Ajjparently intended to represent a cast metal head. Whether this is the case, or whether…
Pitt-Rivers, Augustus Henry Lane-Fox, 1827-1900 · Art objects · Art, African
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