Af,A154.79

EPF11280

9351 (William Webster number)~9386 (William Webster number)~9478 (William Webster number)~9793 (William Webster number)

King & Waterfield 2006: ~Webster 1907: Cat.24, figs.92-95

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 four objects: brass armlet; wood mirror frame with figure on top; metal hanging lamp; carved wood box. 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

Made by: Edo

Associated with: Benin City

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.

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.

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