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plaque; casting; stage of manufacture
This object is for display as an example of one of the many stages in the ‘Lost Wax’ and brass casting process of making Benin wall plaques. This stage of the process is the part that is ‘lost’ when the mould is heated and is not normally seen.
Wax covered cast with detail in wooden base.
Type of item
- castings (art)
- plaques
- plaques (art)
- stage of manufactures (metalworking: casting)
- stage of manufactures (metalworking: casting)
Type of item
- castings (art)
- plaques
- plaques (art)
- stage of manufactures (metalworking: casting)
- stage of manufactures (metalworking: casting)
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Provenance
- Horniman Museum and Gardens
Identifier
- http://collections.horniman.ac.uk/objects/9247
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2015-11-18T11:26:37.026Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-07-12T17:56:59.620Z