Digital Benin Research
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge
institution
Hall Collection - Photograph of George W Neville's house
archival unit
Photograph
document type
date
185_374539 open in catalogue
specific objects
Ẹkpẹn open in Ẹyo Otọ
Urhotọ open in Ẹyo Otọ
Uhunmwu-Ẹkuẹ open in Ẹyo Otọ
Ama open in Ẹyo Otọ
Uhunmwu-Elao open in Ẹyo Otọ
edo designations
Hall, Ben
source
target
Neville, George William
mention
Institutional metadata
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idno
P.137604.HAL
Photo_Catalogue_IMAGES::Web_Image
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Other No.s
MN013 [MAA Entry Number]
Location
W Africa; Europe British Isles; Nigeria; United Kingdom; Edo State; Benin City; England; Surrey; Weybridge
Named_Person
George William Neville
Photographer
Gould, J. Cecil
Collector
Hall, Ben
Collection_Name
Hall Collection
Date
circa 1930s
Format
Print Black & White
Description
Interior of George William Neville’s house, showing Benin "Bronzes saved by British Museum Authorities & date back about 500 years." The artefacts include a carved ivory elephant task hanging over the mantle-piece, two bronze plaques and two bonze heads incorporated into the hearth surround, and two bronze leopards on either side of the fireplace, To the left are two carved wooden stools (one cropped by the frame), and a bronze head with ivory tusk sitting on a windowsill. On the mantle-piece are other bronze heads and figure, and metal trays, containers and candlesticks, although the provenance is not ascertained. [JD 02/11/2017]
Inscription
On Print Reverse: E2. 49. Bronzes saved by British Museum Authorities to date back about 500 years." [manuscript in pencil] "J. Cecil Gould, Weybridge." [stamped text in purple ink]
Notes
MAA Exhibition: Digital reproduction of image used in Benin case in Andrews Gallery, February 2017. [JD 03/11/2017]