Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
A detail from a brass 'Shrine of the head' in the possession of the Ozomo of Benin. (I.B. #50)
undated
African history · place not specified
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art. Visual details below describe the original material.
Cataloged as “A detail from a brass 'Shrine of the head' in the possession of the Ozomo of Benin. (I.B. #50)” (Photographs [32056000110159]).
- Collection
- William Ian Brinkworth collection
- Archival grouping
- William Ian Brinkworth collection / Series 1: Black and White Photographs / Oba's Sculpture In Ancestor's House
- Catalog date
- undated
- Cataloged creator or photographer
- Brinkworth, William Ian
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog reference: EEPA.2008-009, Item EEPA.2008-009-0070
Collection: William Ian Brinkworth collection