Institutional metadata
Add ID/s
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)
Bibliography
King & Waterfield 2006: ~Webster 1898-9: Cat.21, figs.166-188
Title/s
Benin Bronzes and Ivories (Series)
Object Name/s
photographic print (black and white)~album
Technique/s
photographic process
Description (full)
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.
Dimension/s
Height: 24.00 cm (page)~Width: 27.40 cm (page)
Previous Owner
Previous owner/ex-collection: William Downing Webster
Prod. Place/s
Photographed in: London
Assoc. Ethnic Name/s
Associated with: Edo
Assoc. Place/s
Associated with: Benin City
Assoc. Event/s
Associated Event: British Expedition to Benin City - 1897
Curator's Comment/s
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.
URL
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/EA_Af-A154-52