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Africa. Benin Plaques, 16th-17th centuries. Relief plaque made of brass cast using the "cire perdue" (lost wax) technique. They decorated the pillars of buildings in the Benin royal palace. Plaque representing Benin court officials flanking a palace entrance or altar. Detail. Benin City. British Museum. London, England, United Kingdom.
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Caption:
Africa. Benin Plaques, 16th-17th centuries. Relief plaque made of brass cast using the "cire perdue" (lost wax) technique. They decorated the pillars of buildings in the Benin royal palace. Plaque representing Benin court officials flanking a palace entrance or altar. Detail. Benin City. British Museum. London, England, United Kingdom.
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Album / Prisma
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Image size:
4288 x 2848 px | 34.9 MB
Print size:
36.3 x 24.1 cm | 14.3 x 9.5 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
16 16TH XVI XVITH SIXTEENTH CENTURY • 16 CENTURY • 16TH CENTURY • 16TH • 17TH CENTURY • 17TH • AFRICA • AFRICAN ART • AFRICAN CONTINENT • AFRICAN • AFRICANS • ARMS: CLUB • ARMS: CUDGEL • ARMS: MACE • ARMY: SOLDIER • ART • ARTFORM: BRONZEWORK • ARTS • ATRIUM • BADGE • BAS-RELIEF • BENIN BRONZES • BENIN EMPIRE • BENIN KINGDOM • BENIN PLAQUES • BRASS AND BRONZE • BRASS CAST • BRASS • BRITISH MUSEUM • BRONCE • BRONZE BRASS • BRONZE • BRONZES • BUCKLER • CAST PLAQUES • CASTLE • CITY • CLUB (WEAPON) • CLUB • CLUB, WEAPON • COURT • CUDGEL • CUDGEL, WEAPON • CUSTODIAN • CUT • DECOR • DECORATION • DECORATIONS • DECORATIVE • DOOR • DOORWAY • EDO KINGDOM • EDO • EMBOSSED • ENTRANCE • ETHNIC GROUP • ETHNICITIES • ETHNICITY • FIGHTING • FORTRESS • GATE • GATEWAY • GUARD • GUARDIAN • GUARDS • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORIA • HISTORY OF CIVILIZATIONS • HISTORY • HUMAN FIGURE • KEEPER • KINGDOM OF BENIN • LANCE • LANCES • LEGEND • LOST WAX • LOST-WAX CAST • MACE • MACE, WEAPON • MAN • MANNEQUIN • MARTIAL • MEN • MODEL • MOLD • MOULD • NOZZLE • OBA'S PALACE • OBA • OBAS PALACE • ORNAMENT • ORNAMENTATION • ORNAMENTS • PALACE • PALACIO REAL • PALACIO • PALAIS • PALAZZO • PEOPLE'S ARMY SOLDIER • PLAQUE • PLAQUES • PLAQUETTE • PLATE • PLATES • POLE • PORCH • PORTAL • PORTICO DE LA GLORIA • PORTICO • RELIEF • RELIEFS • RELIEVE • RODELA • ROYAL CASTLE • ROYAL COURT OF THE OBA • ROYAL COURT • ROYAL PALACE • ROYAL • SCENE • SCULPTED • SCULPTING • SCULPTURE • SCULPTURE. • SENTINEL • SENTRY • SHIELD • SOCIETY • SOLDIER • SOLDIERS • SOLIDER • SPEAR • SPOUT • STAGE • SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA • THEATER • THEATRE • TROOPS • TRUNCHEON (POLICE) • TRUNCHEON • URBE • VILLAGE • WARDEN • WARLIKE • WARRIOR • WARRIORS • WATCHMAN • WEST AFRICAN • WOMAN • WOMEN'S • WOMEN • WOMENS • XVII CENTURY
