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  • When Evidence Becomes Undesirable – Methodological Questions in Benin Research

    When Evidence Becomes Undesirable – Methodologi...

    Wolfgang Jaenicke

    "The uncertainty surrounding questions of dating has encouraged a proliferation of questionable expert opinions and authentications of high-quality copies, which continue to be produced not only in Benin City but...

    When Evidence Becomes Undesirable – Methodologi...

    Wolfgang Jaenicke

    "The uncertainty surrounding questions of dating has encouraged a proliferation of questionable expert opinions and authentications of high-quality copies, which continue to be produced not only in Benin City but...

  • The Tada Bronzes Between Archaeologically Documented Evidence and New Comparative Material: Toward a Reassessment of a Famous Sculptural Type

    The Tada Bronzes Between Archaeologically Docum...

    Wolfgang Jaenicke

    The seated copper figure from Tada in the Nupe region of Nigeria has been regarded as one of the outstanding masterpieces of medieval West African metal sculpture ever since its...

    The Tada Bronzes Between Archaeologically Docum...

    Wolfgang Jaenicke

    The seated copper figure from Tada in the Nupe region of Nigeria has been regarded as one of the outstanding masterpieces of medieval West African metal sculpture ever since its...

  • Beyond Portraiture: Relational Image Logic in the Idia Ivory Masks and the Esigie–Idia Sculptural

    Beyond Portraiture: Relational Image Logic in t...

    Wolfgang Jaenicke

    "Stellen die Idia Elfenbein Masken wirklich Frauen dar oder doch eher Männer?”*1 From left to right: the mask in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the...

    Beyond Portraiture: Relational Image Logic in t...

    Wolfgang Jaenicke

    "Stellen die Idia Elfenbein Masken wirklich Frauen dar oder doch eher Männer?”*1 From left to right: the mask in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the...

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