
Bronze plaque Material: Bronze Importation : Nigeria
Réf : BRZI13 H 41cm x L34cm Weight : 8000Gr Shipping : 48H
Description The beginnings of the plate making are linked, says the legend, the name of Ahamman Giwa, it accompanied the Portuguese who settled in Gwato (ughoton) to engage in commercial: "He treated the bronze plates made for the king. There were many performances triads showing OBA surrounded by two men who support the arms and hands, this indicates that the king could not govern alone nor perform his duties. Other Representations of plates were mostly static representations of dignitaries, officials of the court messengers, warriors, Europeans, musicians and courtiers of the king's suite, and finally animals. lost wax casting, they trace the way picture books, the facts related to important and glorifying OBAS and were nailed to the walls of the palace. The production period of the plates seems to have ended in the early eighteenth.



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