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An Eseiku couple of two disabled people (once called dwarves), bronze casted in wax loss manner.

incl. A Certificate of Provenance of the National Commission of Museums and Monuments (NCMM), Abuja, Nigeria. We suspect that this document was issued by the NCMM of a previous government or based on its original documents. We have not yet received a response to inquiries to the NCMM in Abuja from the current director, who has been in office since March 2024. In any case, this document is likely to be of considerable importance for provenance research, which has so far dealt almost exclusively with colonial injustice and its documentation.

"...according to oral tradition, have been identified as one group of the indigenous settlers of Benin, who were enclosed in a corner of the city, called Ivbioto today, while the new settlers, now referred to as the Benin people, took over the city.

These figures depict individuals with the medical and genetic condition of dwarfism or chondrodysplasia (Botto, 2021, p.207. Kathy Curnow (1997]) has argued that these figures would have been jesters – known as Akaeronmwon – in the Benin royal court; however, this has been disputed by respondents who were asked about this during our field research, as Eseiku have different physical features. The small number of these figures, just two full figures and one head, also suggests they may represent rare examples of portraiture in the arts of the Benin royal court.

Dating of these figures has not been definitive, although estimates are often placed within the sixteenth century (Fagg, 1963; Curnow, 1997, p.85-86[. Philip Dark (1973, p.10 felt they could be placed within the reign of Ọba Esigie. Given how unusual these objects are, the function – or functions – they served in the past is uncertain. Curnow (1997, p.91 argues that the figures were mostly used in a similar way to others, and were part of altar furnitur

according to oral tradition, have been identified as one group of the indigenous settlers of Benin, who were enclosed in a corner of the city, called Ivbioto today, while the new settlers, now referred to as the Benin people, took over the city.

These figures depict individuals with the medical and genetic condition of dwarfism or chondrodysplasia (Botto, 2021, p.207. Kathy Curnow (1997]) has argued that these figures would have been jesters – known as Akaeronmwon – in the Benin royal court; however, this has been disputed by respondents who were asked about this during our field research, as Eseiku have different physical features. The small number of these figures, just two full figures and one head, also suggests they may represent rare examples of portraiture in the arts of the Benin royal court.

Dating of these figures has not been definitive, although estimates are often placed within the sixteenth century (Fagg, 1963; Curnow, 1997, p.85-86[. Philip Dark (1973, p.10 felt they could be placed within the reign of Ọba Esigie. Given how unusual these objects are, the function – or functions – they served in the past is uncertain. Curnow (1997, p.91 argues that the figures were mostly used in a similar way to others, and were part of altar furnitur.

Source: Digital Benin.

Height: 37 cm / 39 cm
Weight: 3,4 kg / 4,2 kg



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