Figure of a Rooster

Edo

Caption

Edo. Figure of a Rooster, late 19th or early 20th century. Wood, 12 3/8 × 5 7/8 × 10 1/16 in. (31.5 × 15 × 25.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Merton D. Simpson to the Jennie Simpson Educational Collection of African Art, 72.175.3.

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Arts of Africa

Culture

Edo

Title

Figure of a Rooster

Date

late 19th or early 20th century

Geography

Place made: Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria

Medium

Wood

Classification

Sculpture

Dimensions

12 3/8 × 5 7/8 × 10 1/16 in. (31.5 × 15 × 25.5 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Merton D. Simpson to the Jennie Simpson Educational Collection of African Art

Accession Number

72.175.3

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