111 - ART OF THE KINGDOM OF BENIN

ART OF THE KINGDOM OF BENIN "Okukor" Rooster Bronze sculpture depicting a zoomorphic figure standing on a domed base. Antique piece from the 17th–19th centuries. Dimensions: 16.5 x 10.5 cm There are examples of historic Benin bronze roosters in several museum collections, notably at the National Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C., the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Museum Five Continents (formerly the Museum für Völkerkunde) in Munich; the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, the Etnografiska Museet in Stockholm, the Museum of African Art in Belgrade, and the Benin City National Museum in Nigeria.