Apr 4, 2022·edited Apr 4, 2022Liked by isaac Samuel
Interesting summary. The plaque with number III C 8271 in the Ethnologisches Museum Berlin that is labeled as "figure bearing an ekpokin (gift box)" might be holding something else, since most of the depictions of figures holding gift boxes do not depict the gift boxes as flat rectangular objects. Also a comment about a probable typo: I think that where you wrote "Inch n'Igun Eronmwom" you probably meant to write Ineh n'Igun Eronmwon.
Idk if you saw the recent live science article that claims that the metals found for the Benin Bronze were mined in Germany originally though seems off because the art tradition itself predates any contact between Germany, Portugal and Benin
Interesting summary. The plaque with number III C 8271 in the Ethnologisches Museum Berlin that is labeled as "figure bearing an ekpokin (gift box)" might be holding something else, since most of the depictions of figures holding gift boxes do not depict the gift boxes as flat rectangular objects. Also a comment about a probable typo: I think that where you wrote "Inch n'Igun Eronmwom" you probably meant to write Ineh n'Igun Eronmwon.
Idk if you saw the recent live science article that claims that the metals found for the Benin Bronze were mined in Germany originally though seems off because the art tradition itself predates any contact between Germany, Portugal and Benin