Charles Hercules Read; a tribute on his retirement from the British museum and a record of the chief additions to the Department of British and mediaeval antiquities and ethnography during his keepership, 1896-1921 (1921)
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nted beneath the chin by a carved andpierced flange, the details of the plait design being emphasized withcopper inlay. The eyes are rimmed with iron, and the tribal markson the forehead were also represented by inlay of this metal.From Benin City, West Africa. \6th century. H. 9-5 in. Purchased… … Bronze Head of a Native Cjirl, cast l)y the circ pei^due(iiocess. She wears a high peaked head-dress consisting of a networkof beads, from the lower edge of which depends a fringe of headstrings; round her neck is a multiple collar necklace of strung-beads. Four cicatrices are shown in relief on…
Read, Charles Hercules, Sir, 1857-1929 · British Museum. Dept. of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography · Art objects · Art, Medieval
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