“Pendant; lost-wax cast in copper alloy, semi-circular in form with a depiction of a horned ram's head at the centre, flat surface decorated with geometric motifs. Sixteen large crotal bells hang from small round eyelets around outer edge.
The term ‘Lower Niger Bronze Industry’ was created and first used by William Buller Fagg (1957, 1973, 1990) to identify a miscellaneous group of lost-wax cast objects which were stylistically and/or iconographically distinct from Igbo-Ukwu, Ife and Benin City pieces. The objects are associated with various locations in southern Nigeria, south of the confluence of Benue and Niger Rivers and between the borders with the Republic of Benin and Cameroon. They are thought to have been made prior to European contact, circa pre-1500 A.D. Sometimes referred to as the ‘Lower Niger Bronze Industries’ or ‘Lower Niger Bronzes’.
This ram's head, made to be worn hanging around the neck, forms part of an extensive hoard of brasswork unearthed in Apapa, Lagos in 1907. In the sixteenth century, Lagos was included in the Benin Empire and still seems to have owed some form of fealty in the nineteenth century. It has been suggested that this piece may have been made in the Yoruba kingdom of Owo, also a vassal of Benin. Similar pieces are known from Benin City.” -The British Museum
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“Pendant; lost-wax cast in copper alloy, semi-circular in form with a depiction of a horned ram's head at the centre, flat surface decorated with geometric motifs. Sixteen large crotal bells hang from small round eyelets around outer edge.
The term ‘Lower Niger Bronze Industry’ was created and first used by William Buller Fagg (1957, 1973, 1990) to identify a miscellaneous group of lost-wax cast objects which were stylistically and/or iconographically distinct from Igbo-Ukwu, Ife and Benin City pieces. The objects are associated with various locations in southern Nigeria, south of the confluence of Benue and Niger Rivers and between the borders with the Republic of Benin and Cameroon. They are thought to have been made prior to European contact, circa pre-1500 A.D. Sometimes referred to as the ‘Lower Niger Bronze Industries’ or ‘Lower Niger Bronzes’.
This ram's head, made to be worn hanging around the neck, forms part of an extensive hoard of brasswork unearthed in Apapa, Lagos in 1907. In the sixteenth century, Lagos was included in the Benin Empire and still seems to have owed some form of fealty in the nineteenth century. It has been suggested that this piece may have been made in the Yoruba kingdom of Owo, also a vassal of Benin. Similar pieces are known from Benin City.” -The British Museum
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