File:Benin kingdom, Bini-Portuguese style enin kingdom, 16th-17th century nmafa 69-20-4 NMAfA-S20080017.jpg

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Benin kingdom, Bini-Portuguese style, Spoon, 16th-17th century

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English: Benin kingdom, Bini-Portuguese style Ivory spoons, saltcellars and hunting horns featuring European subjects were made for export. Edo artists brought local techniques and fine craftsmanship to the creation of objects and motifs for the foreign market. The bird on this spoon, however, with its outspread wings resembles those in traditional Benin art-the large birds that crowned the tower roofs of the king's (oba) palace and the bird found on gongs.
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Source https://www.si.edu/object/spoon:nmafa_69-20-4
Author Edo artist, Benin kingdom

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