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Ceremonial ring, Nigeria (bronze)

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LWE410398
Image title
Ceremonial ring, Nigeria (bronze)
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Artist
Yoruba Culture / African
Location
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
Medium
bronze
Dimensions
26.7x26.4x5.6 cms
Image description

used to display the head of a deceased ruler - either the actual head, severed from the corpse, or a cast-bronze replica of it; imagery suggests it comes from the Ogboni society;

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© Lowe Art Museum / Museum purchase through 35th Anniversary Funds / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords
16th century / Africa / ring / jewel / decoration / metal / ornate / pedestal / african / royal / africa / ritual / primitive / death / cast / tribal / traditional / macabre
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Largest available format 3072 × 2048 px 4 MB
Dimension [pixels] Dimension in 300dpi [mm] File size [MB]
Large 3072 × 2048 px 260 × 173 mm 3.7 MB
Medium 1024 × 683 px 87 × 58 mm 645 KB

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