Standing Executioner Figure

Edo

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Caption

Edo. Standing Executioner Figure, 19th or 20th century. Copper alloy, 13 3/8 × 8 7/16 in. (34 × 21.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Arturo and Paul Peralta-Ramos, 56.6.77. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Arts of Africa

Culture

Edo

Title

Standing Executioner Figure

Date

19th or 20th century

Geography

Place made: Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria

Medium

Copper alloy

Classification

(not assigned)

Dimensions

13 3/8 × 8 7/16 in. (34 × 21.5 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Arturo and Paul Peralta-Ramos

Accession Number

56.6.77

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