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The Museum in the Royal Palaces at Abomey, Dahomey
06/1944 | 495 | 84
Pages: 146-149+151
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Author:
Meyerowitz, Eva L. R. (Meyerowitz, Eva L. R.)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Abomey Historical Museum, Abomey, Benin
places:
Benin / Dahomey (former nation) / Abomey
subjects:
African / Metalwork / Art museums
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate I. A-Collection of Paraphernalia of Dahomeyan Kings In Background, the Large Cloth Commemorates Conquests and Other Events of the 19th Century. The Museum in the Royal Palaces at Abomey, Dahomey
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate I. B-Collection of Iron Standards. (Museum, Abomey). The Museum in the Royal Palaces at Abomey, Dahomey
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate I. C-Collection of Jewellery of the Former Royal Family of Dahomey. The Museum in the Royal Palaces at Abomey, Dahomey
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate I. D-Fetishes of the God of War. (Museum, Abomey). The Museum in the Royal Palaces at Abomey, Dahomey
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate II. A-The God of War. Beaten Sheet Iron. (Charles Ratton Collection, Paris). The Museum in the Royal Palaces at Abomey, Dahomey
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate II. B-The Bird Homssou Honssou. Carved Wood and Covered with Beaten Sheet Metal. (Collection of Fetishes of God of War, Abomey). The Museum in the Royal Palaces at Abomey, Dahomey
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate II. C-Standards in the Collection of Fetishes of the God of War. (Abomey). The Museum in the Royal Palaces at Abomey, Dahomey
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Ancient Nigerian Bronzes -I
09/1941 | 462 | 79
Pages: 88-93
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Author:
Meyerowitz, Eva L. R. (Meyerowitz, Eva L. R.)
Subjects
places:
Nigeria
places:
Dahomey (former nation)
subjects:
Sculpture / Bronzes / Bronzes / Nigerian sculpture / Nigerian / Yoruba
subjects:
Carving (processes) / Techniques
subjects:
Nupe / Tada / Benin (ancient Nigerian style)
subjects:
Gods / Iconography
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
A-Detail of B. Ancient Nigerian Bronzes-I.
Non-western art unattributed:
B-The Sitting Figure of Tada. Red Copper Bronze. Height, 56 cm. (Sacred Hut at Tada). Ancient Nigerian Bronzes-I.
Non-western art unattributed:
C-The Man with Clasped Hands. Red Copper Bronze. Height, 56 cm. (Sacred Hut at Tada). Ancient Nigerian Bronzes-I.
Non-western art unattributed:
Figure 1.-Section Through Mould of Nankani Bangte.
Non-western art unattributed:
Figure 2. Benin Relief on Its Backing and Section Through Completed Mould.
Non-western art unattributed:
Figure 3. Section Through Mould of Benin Head.
Non-western art unattributed:
Figure 4. Section Through Mould of Animal from Dahomey. (Hountoundji).