Provenance

11 events

Production

unknown to February 22, 1897 (day approximate)

The object was produced in Edo State.

Looted

February 22, 1897 (day approximate) to June 1899 (year approximate)

The object was looted by Unknown member of the British colonial military campaign on Benin - February 1897 from Benin Kingdom.

Unknown

February 22, 1897 (year approximate) to 1899

The object is known to have come into contact with William Downing Webster, later in Bicester.

Purchase

1899

The object was purchased by Augustus Henry Pitt-Rivers (Lane Fox) from William Downing Webster from Bicester to Farnham.

Collection

1899 to 1958

The object was added to the collection of in Farnham.

Purchase

1958

The object was purchased by Kenneth John Hewett from Farnham Pitt-Rivers Museum from Farnham to London.

Purchase

1958

The object was purchased by Mathias Komor from Kenneth John Hewett from London to New York City.

Purchase

1958

The object was purchased by Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller from Komor Gallery and Mathias Komor in New York City.

Loan

1958 to 1964

The object was loaned by Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller to New York Museum of Primitive Arts in New York City.

Gift

1964

The object was given as a gift by Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller to New York Museum of Primitive Arts in New York City.

Transfer

1978

The object was transferred from New York Museum of Primitive Arts to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

Institution data

Metropolitan Museum of Art

The data was downloaded via a public data access of the institution.

Last updated: 2025-06-02

Language: english

Institution field	Value
Is Highlight	False
Is Timeline Work	False
Is Public Domain license	True
Object ID object id	310770
Department department and institution	Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
AccessionYear accession date	1978
Object Name object type	Head figure
Title designation	Figure: Ram's Head
Culture ethnic attribution	Lower Niger Bronze Industry
Object Date date made	15th–19th century
Object Begin Date date made	1400
Object End Date date made	1897
Medium material	Brass
Dimensions dimensions	H. 7 1/4 × W. 3 1/4 × D. 3 7/8 in. (18.4 × 8.3 × 9.8 cm)
Credit Line prior source	The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1964
Country production place	Nigeria
River place collected	Lower Niger River region
Classification object type	Metal-Sculpture
Link Resource weblink	http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/310770
Repository department and institution	Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags iconography	Rams
Tags AAT URL iconography	http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300250287
Tags Wikidata URL iconography	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2929800

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