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Brass, Tin, Copper, & Bronze Sculptures
 
Bronze & Copper:
Benin warrior king in bronze wearing a waist cloth & a helmet & standing on a box holds two spears at his side with one pointed up, the other pointed down. Bukota metal art work shrine with copper plated face on a black wood stand. Bronze tribal figure depicted wearing a headdress while smoking pipe as the base of an actual bronze smoking pipe.
Carved Cow Horns

Cow horn depicting three elephants walking in front of trees with raised trunks, a brass base on one end.Two large & one baby elephant with trees in the background hand carved out of olive wood in a horn shape with brass base at one end.
Bronze Benin king on a box, tin & copper plated bukota shrine on a stand, bronze figure pipe, carved cow horn & wood horn with a brass base.
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The cultures of Africa have created a world-renowned tradition of three-dimensional relief sculptures. Everyday and ceremonial works of great delicacy and surface detail are fashioned by artists using carving, modeling, smithing and casting techniques.
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