Leopard Hip Pendant

Artist Edo artist

Datecirca 18th century

MediumCast brass and copper inlay

Dimensions9 x 5 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (22.9 x 14 x 6.4 cm)

ClassificationsMetal

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the bequest of W. R. Valentiner, by exchange

Object number99.2

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On view

ProvenanceCreated in the Kingdom of Benin (present-day Nigeria), 18th century; probably looted by British officer or soldier during the Raid on Benin City (Feb. 9–18, 1897); private collection; auctioned at Sotheby’s, November 14, 1989; Merton D. Simpson, New York; Margaret Demant, Detroit, 1993–1999; purchased by the NCMA from Anthony Slayter-Ralph, Santa Barbara, CA, 1999Published References"Important Tribal Art: The Helen and Mace Neufeld Collection of Tribal Art," Sotheby's: New York (Tuesday, November 14, 1989), 100, illus.

Rebecca Martin Nagy, "18th Century Benin Leopard Hip Pendant," North Carolina Museum of Art Preview and Calendar of Events (November-December 1999), 7, illus. (b-w).

"Art Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Annual Report (1998-99), 8, illus. (b-w).

"La Chronique des Arts," Gazette des Beaux-Arts 1574 (March 2000), listed no. 205, illus. (b-w) 53.

Obsidian III 4, no. 2 (Spring/Summer 2002), illus. (b-w) 117.

Rebecca Martin Nagy and Dennis P. Weller, entry for Leopard Hip Pendant, in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2010), 112, illus. (color) 113.
Exhibition HistoryNew York, NY, The Museum for African Art, "Animals in African Art from the Familiar to the Marvelous," 1995, cat. no. 121.

Detroit, MI, The Detroit Institute of Arts, "African Form and Imagery: Detroit Collects," 1996, cat. no. 50.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Objects of Desire: The Museum Collects, 1994-2004," July 18, 2004-February 27, 2005.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present. Object Rights Statement

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