Figure: Horn Player, 1550–1680, Nigeria, Court of Benin, Edo peoples, Brass, H. 24 13/16 x W. 11 9/16 x D. 6 3/4 in. (63 x 29.4 x 17.2 cm), Metal-Sculpture, In the art of Benin, works in bronze can be commissioned only by the Oba, or ruler, or by others with his permission. According to oral traditions, the technique of lost-wax bronze casting was brought to Benin around the end of the fourteenth century from Ife, the ancient kingdom to the north noted for its exquisite cast-bronze commemorative heads
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Figure, Horn Player, 1550–1680, Nigeria, Court, Benin, Edo peoples, Brass, H, 24 13/16 x W, 11 9/16 D, 6 3/4, 63 29.4 17.2 cm, Metal-Sculpture, art, works, bronze, commissioned, Oba, ruler, permission, According, oral traditions, technique, lost-wax bronze casting, fourteenth century, Ife, ancient kingdom, north noted, exquisite cast-bronze, commemorative, heads
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