Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Figures of Benin Gods
[between 1877-1895]
Africa
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.
Three wooden figures of Benin Gods, between 1877-1895. Accompanying inscription reads, "Benin Gods." Photographer unknown.
- Collection
- West African photographs
- Catalog date
- [between 1877-1895]
- Recorded places
- Africa
- Recorded subjects
- statues
- Format and extent
- 1 Photographic print (albumen., b&w, 14 x 20 cm.)
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog reference: EEPA.1995-017, Item EEPA 1995-170083
Collection: West African photographs