Institutional metadata
Add ID/s
9351 (William Webster number)~9386 (William Webster number)~9478 (William Webster number)~9793 (William Webster number)
Bibliography
King & Waterfield 2006: ~Webster 1907: Cat.24, figs.92-95
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 four objects: brass armlet; wood mirror frame with figure on top; metal hanging lamp; carved wood box.
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
Made by: Edo
Assoc. Place/s
Associated with: Benin City
Inscription/s
Inscription:~ Inscription details: inscription (front of mount; below photograph) in English~ Inscription quoted: 92. Brass anklet. worn by women. £1.15.0.
93.Carved wood mirrror frame. £7.10.0.
94. Brass pendant lamp. £5.5.0.
95. Carved wood box £3.0.0. ~ Inscription note: Handwritten in black ink. Description of objects from the Kingdom of Benin, with indicative purchase prices.
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 object depicted in this photograph was sold by William Webster as follows: 92. unknown. 93. unknown. 94. unknown. 95. to the Field Musuem, Chicago in 1907. Accession number: 91250.
URL
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/EA_Af-A154-79