About the Artwork
Chief's Altar Piece
between 1500 and 1897
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African
Benin
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Overall: 10 1/2 × 4 1/2 × 4 3/4 inches (26.7 × 11.4 × 12.1 cm)
Sculpture
African Art
Gift of Justice and Mrs. G. Mennen Williams
74.224
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
Karl Heinz Krieg (Germany). Justice and Mrs. G. Mennen Williams
1975-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Benin, African, Chief's Altar Piece, between 1500 and 1897. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Justice and Mrs. G. Mennen Williams, 74.224.
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