Af,A154.52

EPF11253

4941 (William Webster number)~7270-1 (William Webster numbers)~7273 (William Webster number)~7275-6 (William Webster numbers)~7280-7 (William Webster numbers)~7317 (William Webster number)~7322 (William Webster number)~7329-33 (William Webster numbers)~7335 (William Webster number)~7346 (William Webster number)

King & Waterfield 2006: ~Webster 1898-9: Cat.21, figs.166-188

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. View of twenty three objects: one charm necklace; two seed necklaces; one flywhisk; one ivory whistle; five iron tools; one nut rattle; one axe; one quiver; one cane whisk; one hide fan; one brass bird of prophecy staff; one adze; one metal manilla; one ivory tusk; two wood combs; one wood spoon; one wood peg. 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

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 objects depicted in this photograph (numbers 166-187) were sold by William Webster probably between 1898-1903. 188. to the Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen and Wereldmuseum, Leiden in 1900. Accession number: RV-1243-8.

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/EA_Af-A154-52