{{Short description|Equestrian statue designed in honour of Emotan}} {{Infobox artwork | title =Emotan Statue | other_language_1 = | other_title_1 = | image = | image_upright = | alt = | caption =Full portrait of ''Emotan Statue'' in Benin City, Edo State | artist = | catalogue = | year = {{Start date|1954|3|20}} | type =Statue | material ={{flat list | * Concrete * bronze}} | subject = | condition =Erect | city =Benin City | museum = | accession = | owner =Benin Kingdom | website = }}
The '''''Emotan Statue''''' is a life-size statue designed in honour of Emotan, a trade chieftain who used to trade at the Oba's market in the Ancient Benin Kingdom during the reigns of Oba Uwaifiokun and Oba Ewuare the Great.<ref>{{cite book|author=S. B. Omoregie|title=Emotan and the Kings of Benin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zusJAQAAIAAJ|year=1972|publisher=Longman Group (Far East), Limited|isbn=978-0-582-60925-9}}</ref> The statue was unveiled on 20 March 1954 by Oba Akenzua II and is placed opposite the Oba's market in Benin City.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ihuanedo.ning.com/m/group/discussion?id=2971192%3ATopic%3A125628|title=The History Behind The Emotan Statue|publisher=Otedo News|date=15 November 2014|accessdate=31 August 2015|archive-date=27 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170127021807/http://ihuanedo.ning.com/m/group/discussion?id=2971192%3ATopic%3A125628|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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Category:1954 sculptures Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1954 Category:Bronze sculptures in Nigeria Category:Concrete sculptures in Nigeria Category:Outdoor sculptures in Nigeria Category:20th-century architecture in Nigeria
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