Oba with Sacrificial Animals, Edo Brass Altar Figure

A small brass sculpture shows a seated male figure wearing a close-fitting cap and a tunic, holding a ceremonial staff in one hand and a small cup in the other. Two animals, likely dogs or leopards, rest at his sides on a stepped, patterned base set against a plain gray background.

Artist

Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists

Date

19th century

Medium

Brass

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

1600 × 2000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Klaus G. Perls, 1991