Af,A154.44

EPF11245

9383 (William Webster number)

King & Waterfield 2006: ~Pitt-Rivers 1900: Pl.44, figs. 343-4 (number 83)~Webster 1900: Cat.24, fig.81

Benin Bronzes and Ivories (Series)

photographic print (black and white)~album

paper

photographic process

Photograph (black and white); mounted on card, part of a bound album. Two views of wood and brass box with double human heads. Photographic process.

Height: 24.00 cm (page)~Width: 27.40 cm (page)

Previous owner/ex-collection: William Downing Webster

1898-1899 (circa)

Photographed in: London

Associated with: Edo

Associated with: Benin City

Associated Event: British Expedition to Benin City - 1897

Inscription:~ Inscription details: inscription (front of mount; below photograph) in English~ Inscription quoted: Carved wood box partly covered with hammered brass the photo gives both top & bottom. £15.0.0. Chicago N.H.M. (latter in pencil).~ Inscription note: Handwritten in black ink. Description of object from the Kingdom of Benin, with indicative purchase price and name of vendor.

This album contains photographs of objects from the Kingdom of Benin, Nigeria sold by the London-based dealer, William Downing Webster. Many of the photographs are annotated with information relating to the vendor/s and some include purchase prices. It is likely that the photographic series was compiled by Webster in the early 1900s. The object depicted in this photograph was sold by William Webster in 1907 to the Field Museum Chicago. Accession number: 91249. This page of the album also includes photograph Af,A154.45.

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/EA_Af-A154-44