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Two Girls Under Plum Tree. Creator: Nishikawa Sukenobu

Three Courtesans Weaving Silk. Creator: Nishikawa Sukenobu

A Courtesan Followed by Two Girl Attendants, ca. 1690-1751. Creator: Nishikawa Sukenobu

The House of Umegawa. Creator: Nishimura Shigenobu

Two Women Reclining on the Floor of a Room and Reading a Book, ca. 1730., ca. 1730

Style of the Dancer, first half of 18th century., first half of 18th century

Lady Interrupting Her Lover, who is Playing the Shamisen. Creator: Nishikawa Sukenobu

Lady Playing Shamisen, with Her Lover and Attendant Nearby. Creator: Nishikawa Sukenobu

A Fon bocio, with tiny calabashes of medicine intended to empower the hand of the

A plaque showing an entrance to the palace of the Oba of Benin (detail)

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A plaque showing an entrance to the palace of the Oba of Benin (detail)

A plaque showing an entrance to the palace of the Oba of Benin (detail). The entrance has a turret on which is a python, king of snakes and messenger of the god Olukun, ruler of the seas. The pillars supporting the turret have representations of the Portuguese. The door is flanked by four attendants, two on each side. Country of Origin: Nigeria. Culture: Edo. Date/Period: possibly 17th century. Place of Origin: Benin. Material Size: Brass, h=52cms. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive / Museum fur Volkerkunde, Berlin. Location: 09

A plaque depicting a hunter, possibly a Portuguese soldier, armed with a crossbow

Detail of the lid of an ivory salt cellar around the base of which are figures of

A Benin ivory box showing two Portuguese soldiers fighting beside a slaughtered dragon

An ivory salt cellar around the base of which are figures of Portuguese noblemen

A miniature head from an ancestral shrine

A Fon bocio, accumulating and binding together powerful objects to aid its maker

The chains on this Fon bocio, a powerful accumulation of secret objects, symbolize

A Fon bocio, a powerful accumulation of secret objects, wrapping a monkey skull

A powerful medicinal object, known as a bocio, accumulating a variety of animal

Wooden figure of the Fon vodu Legba, with movable penis

Benin ivory figure, probably depicting a European

This almost life-size altar image is of the cult god Gu, to whom was attributed the

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The chains on this Fon bocio, a powerful accumulation of secret objects, symbolize

The chains on this Fon bocio, a powerful accumulation of secret objects, symbolize the binding of an enemy. Fon religion was devoted towards spirits known as vodu, from which the term voodoo has evolved. Many practices, including the construction of magic medicines like this, have survived in Haiti. Country of Origin: Benin Republic. Culture: Fon. Place of Origin: Southern Benin. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive / Ben Heller Collection, New York. Location: 51

At his coronation each Fon king received a group of praise names determined by the

A Benin chiefs son leaning against the shield of his father

The street of the brass casters in Benin City

The Akairo-Mnowon, or royal jester, at the court of Benin

The late Oba Akenzua II in full regalia, including a coral garment and headpiece

Sword ceremony of Chief Okonghae Ogiamwen, performed in the shrine in the palace courtyard

Chiefs and court officials participating in one of the major royal

A courtyard at the Obas palace, Benin City

The overgrown fortifications of the ancient city of Benin

A terracotta head from the ancestral shrine of a leading member of the brass casting guild

A plaque depicting a servant collecting fruit, one of many which decorated the palace

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A terracotta head from the ancestral shrine of a leading member of the brass casting guild

A terracotta head from the ancestral shrine of a leading member of the brass casting guild. The Oba of Benin maintained strict control over the use of prestige materials: heads cast in brass were used only by the royal family, wooden heads by non-royal chiefs, and ceramic heads by the brass casters. Country of Origin: Nigeria. Culture: Edo. Date/Period: 17th Century. Place of Origin: Benin City. Material Size: Terracotta. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive / Courtesy Entwistle Gallery, London. Location: 08

A pair of armlets with relief decoration

A brass plaque from the palace of the Oba of Benin, depicting three of the naked

Benin brass plaque from the palace, depicting an Oba on horseback supported by two

A figure of a hornblower or trumpeter such as would have been part of the retinue

Plaque with a representation of a drummer

A plaque which decorated the palace of the Benin Obas

The right to wear ivory armlets was restricted to the Oba of Benin himself

A plaque which decorated the palace of the Obas

A pair of ivory leopards placed on either side of the Obas throne on state occasions

A kola nut box in the form of a cows head

Plaque decorated with an image of an alligator