Antique Edo Benin Bronze Brass Plaque King w/ 3 Natives & Snakes Nigeria Africa

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Antique Edo Benin Bronze Brass Plaque King w/ 3 Natives & Snakes Nigeria Africa:
$99.99

Antique Edo Benin Bronze Brass Plaque King with 3 Natives over Snakes Nigeria AfricaCrudely made by lost wax process11-1/4\" by by 8\"Bronze plaques with figures of attendants at the palace of the Oba the ruler of Benin, the capital city of the Edo people in Nigeria as early as the mid 1600\'s.The plaques which were attached to pillars in various rooms of the palace, are conservatively dated to have been made as early as 1550 to the 1650 and apparently fell out of use sometime in the early 1700\'s.These wonderfully sculpted plaques show ritual and ceremonial events and it is argued by some that they portray historical events