A Benin terracotta head, ca. 18th/19th century

the head of large proportions wearing a thick, coral collar beneath the head with jutting chin and typical broad features and outlined eyes and wearing a closely cropped coiffure with incised crosshatching; a hollow core evident at the crown; '110' on the bottom; varied and encrusted orange to grey surface.

Acquired from Merton D. Simpson, New York, mid-1960's

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Milwaukee Public Museum, Selections from the William W. Brill Collection of African Art, May 5 – August 31, 1969 (for additional venues see bibliography, Milwaukee 1969)