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Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University
Object Number:
16-43-50/B1515
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1 Images
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Ivin
English designation
Carved Coconut Vessel
Category
Altar & Shrine Objects
Containers
Provenance
Bates, Oric
Oldman, William Ockelford
Location
11 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138, United States
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Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University
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Last Updated: 2021-09-10
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english
Object Number
object id
16-43-50/B1515
Display Title
designation
Carved coconut
Inventory Description
description
,
object type
Coconut, two half shells, thin walls, exterior incised and carved, anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figures, linear and geometric designs, one shell perforated at top
Object Description
description
Materials
material
Coconut shell
Dimensions
dimensions
Overall (measurement of larger): 8.1 × 9.9 × 10 cm (3 3/16 × 3 7/8 × 3 15/16 in.)
Classication
object type
Ornament
Quantity
object count
Date
date made
Pre-1897
GeoLocale
production place
West Africa
Geography/Provenience
production place
Africa\Nigeria
Credit Line
prior source
Gift of Oric Bates, 1916
Provenance: Collector
prior source
,
provenance
Collector: British Punitive Force; Dealer: William O. Oldman
Provenance: Acquisition
provenance
Donor: Mr. Oric Bates
Culture/Period
ethnic attribution
Benin
Department
department and institution
Ethnographic
Image Credit Line Reproduction
license
Gift of Oric Bates, 1916. Image © President and Fellows of Harvard College, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 16-43-50/B1515
URL
weblink
https://collections.peabody.harvard.edu/objects/114254
Digital File Number
55180148