Very important Benin Head - brass - benin - Nigeria

Provenance: private collection in Austria since 1950, second generation. The certificate is from R. Kotalla, however, according to Mr. Kotalla, he was unable to conduct a metal analysis in his laboratory, and had it carried out by the Chr . Goedicke Museum in Berlin. An excellent commemorative head of an oba, the metal analysis proves it was created around 1850, it was cast using the lost form technique / cire perdue, visible sacrificial traces from centuries of old ritualistic use, wonderful patina. Old damage or casting defects on the back, see photo. Expert reports on the metal reports are included.