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An Edo Quadrangular Bell, "eroro"

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Item Details

Description

HÃ¶fische Glocke, "eroro"
Edo-Bini, Nigeria
Mit Sockel / with base
Gelbguss. H 13,5 cm. B 6,5 cm.

Provenienz:
- Segy Gallery, Ladislas Segy (1904-1988), New York.
- Galerie Walu, Basel.

Publiziert:
- Ladislas Segy. African Sculpture Speaks. A.A. Wyn, Inc. (1952, und alle Folge-Editionen). Seite 151, Abbildung 108.

- Die Kopie eines Zertifikates von Ladislas Segy (1976) wird dem KÃ¤ufer ausgehÃ¤ndigt.

eroro genannte Glocken waren Regalia der Edo-Krieger.

Wenn sie nicht gerade von ihrem Besitzer als Insignie und Amulett (an einem dicken "Medizinbandâ€œ, welches um die Brust gebunden war) getragen wurden, standen sie zu Ehren der Vorfahren auf AltÃ¤ren.

Die kraftgeladene Glocken wurden bei zeremoniellen AnlÃ¤ssen gelÃ¤utet, um Rituale zu erÃ¶ffnen, um die Abschnitte der Zeremonien zu markieren, und um Kontakt mit den Ahnen und anderen Geistern herzustellen.

WeiterfÃ¼hrende Literatur:
- Plankensteiner, Barbara (2007). Benin. KÃ¶nige und Rituale. HÃ¶fische Kunst aus Nigeria. Gent: Snoeck Publishers.
- Nancy Neahaer Maas / Philip M. Peek (2020). Summoning the Ancestors: Southern Nigerian Bronzes. Los Angeles: Fowler Museum at UCLA.

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Die Herkunft dieser Bronze ist in "An illustrated Catalogue of Benin Art" (Philip Dark, 1982) als "British Musum" angegeben ("X4/18 Bell, pyramidal (Br) / British Musem / Segy, 1952 : #108").

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An Edo Quadrangular Bell, "eroro"

Name: An Edo Quadrangular Bell, \"eroro\"
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