Digital Benin Research
British Museum
institution
J. C. Stevens Auction Catalogues
archival unit
Auction Catalogue
document type
1898-06-05/1898-06-06
date
specific objects
Uhunmwu-Elao open in Ẹyo Otọ
Ama open in Ẹyo Otọ
Aken'ni Elao open in Ẹyo Otọ
Ugbudian open in Ẹyo Otọ
Ẹkpoki open in Ẹyo Otọ
Uhunmwu elao ọghe Iy’ọba open in Ẹyo Otọ
Uhunmwu-Ẹkuẹ open in Ẹyo Otọ
Ẹrhu open in Ẹyo Otọ
edo designations
Stevens Auction Rooms
source
target
mention
Institutional metadata
Reg No.
Af,B115.2
PRN
EPF11314
Add ID/s
MISC.B. 21/7~*H6 [Stevens Sales Catalogies 9842-3] (AOA library shelf mark)
Title/s
Curiosities. A Catalogue of a Choice and Valuable Collection of Curios (Object)
Object Name/s
catalogue
Material/s
paper
Technique/s
printed
Description (full)
Auction catalogue: J. C. Stevens. Quarto; bound in boards, buckram spine with gold lettering. Text printed in black and white, with handwritten annotations.
Dimension/s
Height: 20.40 cm~Width: 16.30 cm (closed)
Producer/s
Printed by: Pettitt & Cox
Date/s
1898
Prod. Place/s
Printed in: London
Assoc. Name/s
Made for: Stevens‘ Auction Rooms Ltd
Assoc. Ethnic Name/s
Associated with: Edo
Assoc. Place/s
Associated with: Benin City (Lots 149-157; 158-171)
Inscription/s
Inscription:~ Inscription details: annotation (inside catalogue, margins) in English~ Inscription quoted: ~ Inscription note: Handwritten in pencil. Names of vendors and purchase prices.
Curator s Comment/s
J.C. Stevens auction catalogue, Tuesday 5 & Wednesday 6 July 1898. Sale Nos. 9842-3. Objects associated with the Kingdom of Benin as follows: Lots 149-157, pp.9-10. ‘A choice and intersting Collection of Curios from Benin. From the Palace and Ju-Ju House of Obbour, late King of Benin‘. Lots 158-171, p.10. ‘Another Collection from Benin‘. By jhudson 11 May 2023
URL
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/EA_Af-B115-2