Garn Collection. Bronzes
Dresden, 1920's

Galerie Peter Herrmann
Berlin


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Expertise Description
Dimension
Age
         
Nigeria | Benin-Ife
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01270707 94 Head. Benin
22,5 cm
120 years
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01280308 99 Head. Benin.
33 cm
350 years
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01300807 93 Head, Ife.
35 cm
550 years
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02060908 89_1 Head, with 2 Leopards.
28,5 cm
150 years
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01060908 89_2 female Head, Benin. Spitzhut, Korallen.
44 cm
350 years
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05020708 89_3 Head. Korallenhaube- u Kragen.
22,5 cm
400 years
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04160809 100 Head. Ife.
32 cm
580 years
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01221208 76 Head. Region Benin.
27,5 cm
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03300807 71 Relief. Bird Hunter.
43 x 34 cm
350 years
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03140508 58_2 Relief. Animal Sacrifice.
51 x 39,5 cm
380 years
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02140508 24_1 Warrior with Hat and Shield.
44 cm
280 years
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02130308 88 Warrior with Ceremonial Sword.
28,5 cm
350 years
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02281008 69_1 Leopard.
32 x 42 cm
300 years
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01281008 69_2 Leopard.
14,5 x 20 cm
200 years
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01140508 68 Idiophon, Drossel.
29 cm
260 years
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04300807 83 Copper bowl with bronze figures.
30 x 14 cm
300 years
Nigeria
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08050808 09 Staff, Yoruba.
133 cm
220 years
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06020708 12 Onile-Figure. Yoruba
66 cm
300 years
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01020608 11 Maske. East Nigeria or Cameroun
44 cm
240 years
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02010508 10 Statue. Nok-Style or Djenne, Mali.
19 cm
220 years
Mali
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03060908 32 Rider, Dogon.
H 14,6 cm
200 years
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04020708 33 Rider. Dogon.
H 24 cm
70 years
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02021208 34 Rider. Dogon.
H 14,5 cm
200 years
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01021208 35 Rider. Dogon.
H 12 cm
300 years
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01010508 36 Bracelet. Dogon.
D 14 cm
150 years
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02020708 37 Cover of a Casket. Dogon.
16 x 9 cm
280 years
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03010508 39 Mask. Marka?
29 cm
360 years


Links - extern - blank

  Lost Wax Casting - Wikipedia
  Ife | Benin - Wikipedia
  Benin Art and Architecture - 16 nigerian sites designed like a Blog - very interesting!
  Kunst und Film - 22.1.2012. Afrikanische Bronzen. Artikel und Video-Interview

Links - intern

  Age Classification analysis of West African bronzes. By Peter Herrmann
  Definition and Comparison Bronzes from Ife and Benin. By Dorina Hecht, M.A.
  Auction results Sotheby's, Christie's, Hotel Drouot etc
  Handelsblatt 10.8.2007. Marktübersicht
  Der Tagesspiegel - 21.1.2012. Korallen und Halskrausen. Afrikas historische Bronzen.

Exhibitions in the Gallery

  Two Hundred Years of African Metall Work Stuttgart 2000
  Two Hundred Years of African Metall Work. Berlin 2001
  Bronzes from Ife and Benin Berlin 2007
  A Thousand Years of Benin Bronzes Berlin 2008
  Africa - Traditional Benin Bronzes. Miami 2009

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