Benin Leopard sculpture - Bronze Large 107.1
Benin animals, and bronze objects, were used in West Africa as a form of currency and thus status. Their value lies in both the metal used and the ornamentation created on the sculpture.
Benin animals are made using the lost-wax method of casting.
Sizes are slightly different to each other average for each of our stock : H 40cm W 38cm D 11cm
Object:- Leopard- created by Edo people from the Benin Kingdom of Nigeria. A symbol of Royal Power.
Benin animals, and bronze objects, were used in West Africa as a form of currency and thus status. Their value lies in both the metal used and the ornamentation created on the sculpture.
Benin animals are made using the lost-wax method of casting.
Sizes are slightly different to each other average for each of our stock : H 40cm W 38cm D 11cm
Object:- Leopard- created by Edo people from the Benin Kingdom of Nigeria. A symbol of Royal Power.
Original: $973.06
-70%$973.06
$291.92Description
Benin animals, and bronze objects, were used in West Africa as a form of currency and thus status. Their value lies in both the metal used and the ornamentation created on the sculpture.
Benin animals are made using the lost-wax method of casting.
Sizes are slightly different to each other average for each of our stock : H 40cm W 38cm D 11cm
Object:- Leopard- created by Edo people from the Benin Kingdom of Nigeria. A symbol of Royal Power.
