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Edo. <em>Head Shaped Receptacle</em>, late 19th or early 20th century. Copper alloy, 6 7/8 × 4 1/8 in. (17.5 × 10.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Arturo and Paul Peralta-Ramos, 56.6.65. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 56.6.65_acetate_bw.jpg)
Edo. Head Shaped Receptacle, late 19th or early 20th century. Copper alloy, 6 7/8 × 4 1/8 in. (17.5 × 10.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Arturo and Paul Peralta-Ramos, 56.6.65. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 56.6.65_acetate_bw.jpg)
Edo. <em>Head Shaped Receptacle</em>, late 19th or early 20th century. Copper alloy, 6 7/8 × 4 1/8 in. (17.5 × 10.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Arturo and Paul Peralta-Ramos, 56.6.65. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 56.6.65_acetate_bw.jpg)

Edo. Head Shaped Receptacle, late 19th or early 20th century. Copper alloy, 6 7/8 × 4 1/8 in. (17.5 × 10.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Arturo and Paul Peralta-Ramos, 56.6.65. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 56.6.65_acetate_bw.jpg)

Edo. <em>Head Shaped Receptacle</em>, late 19th or early 20th century. Copper alloy, 6 7/8 × 4 1/8 in. (17.5 × 10.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Arturo and Paul Peralta-Ramos, 56.6.65. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.56.6.65_front.jpg)

Edo. Head Shaped Receptacle, late 19th or early 20th century. Copper alloy, 6 7/8 × 4 1/8 in. (17.5 × 10.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Arturo and Paul Peralta-Ramos, 56.6.65. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.56.6.65_front.jpg)

Edo. <em>Head Shaped Receptacle</em>, late 19th or early 20th century. Copper alloy, 6 7/8 × 4 1/8 in. (17.5 × 10.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Arturo and Paul Peralta-Ramos, 56.6.65. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.56.6.65_back.jpg)

Edo. Head Shaped Receptacle, late 19th or early 20th century. Copper alloy, 6 7/8 × 4 1/8 in. (17.5 × 10.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Arturo and Paul Peralta-Ramos, 56.6.65. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.56.6.65_back.jpg)

Edo. <em>Head Shaped Receptacle</em>, late 19th or early 20th century. Copper alloy, 6 7/8 × 4 1/8 in. (17.5 × 10.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Arturo and Paul Peralta-Ramos, 56.6.65. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.56.6.65_interior01.jpg)

Edo. Head Shaped Receptacle, late 19th or early 20th century. Copper alloy, 6 7/8 × 4 1/8 in. (17.5 × 10.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Arturo and Paul Peralta-Ramos, 56.6.65. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.56.6.65_interior01.jpg)

Edo. <em>Head Shaped Receptacle</em>, late 19th or early 20th century. Copper alloy, 6 7/8 × 4 1/8 in. (17.5 × 10.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Arturo and Paul Peralta-Ramos, 56.6.65. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.56.6.65_interior02.jpg)

Edo. Head Shaped Receptacle, late 19th or early 20th century. Copper alloy, 6 7/8 × 4 1/8 in. (17.5 × 10.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Arturo and Paul Peralta-Ramos, 56.6.65. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.56.6.65_interior02.jpg)

Edo. <em>Head Shaped Receptacle</em>, late 19th or early 20th century. Copper alloy, 6 7/8 × 4 1/8 in. (17.5 × 10.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Arturo and Paul Peralta-Ramos, 56.6.65. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.56.6.65_side_left.jpg)

Edo. Head Shaped Receptacle, late 19th or early 20th century. Copper alloy, 6 7/8 × 4 1/8 in. (17.5 × 10.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Arturo and Paul Peralta-Ramos, 56.6.65. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.56.6.65_side_left.jpg)

Edo. <em>Head Shaped Receptacle</em>, late 19th or early 20th century. Copper alloy, 6 7/8 × 4 1/8 in. (17.5 × 10.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Arturo and Paul Peralta-Ramos, 56.6.65. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.56.6.65_side_right.jpg)

Edo. Head Shaped Receptacle, late 19th or early 20th century. Copper alloy, 6 7/8 × 4 1/8 in. (17.5 × 10.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Arturo and Paul Peralta-Ramos, 56.6.65. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.56.6.65_side_right.jpg)

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Head Shaped Receptacle

Arts of Africa

CULTURE Edo
MEDIUM Copper alloy
  • Place Made: Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria
    • DATES late 19th or early 20th century
    DIMENSIONS 6 7/8 × 4 1/8 in. (17.5 × 10.5 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Arts of Africa
    ACCESSION NUMBER 56.6.65
    CREDIT LINE Gift of Arturo and Paul Peralta-Ramos
    PROVENANCE Prior to 1953, provenance not yet documented; before 1953, reportedly acquired by Julius Carlebach, New York, NY; by 1953, acquired by Millicent A. Rogers of Taos, NM; 1953, inherited from Millicent A. Rogers by Arturo and Paul Peralta-Ramos; 1956, gift of Arturo and Paul Peralta-Ramos to the Brooklyn Museum.
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    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Head attached to four short legs. Open cylinder form, large eyes, thick nose and protruding mouth.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Edo. Head Shaped Receptacle, late 19th or early 20th century. Copper alloy, 6 7/8 × 4 1/8 in. (17.5 × 10.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Arturo and Paul Peralta-Ramos, 56.6.65. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 56.6.65_acetate_bw.jpg)
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    Edo. <em>Head Shaped Receptacle</em>, late 19th or early 20th century. Copper alloy, 6 7/8 × 4 1/8 in. (17.5 × 10.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Arturo and Paul Peralta-Ramos, 56.6.65. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 56.6.65_acetate_bw.jpg)

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