Institutional metadata
Add ID/s
9766-7 (William Webster numbers)~9783-5 (William Webster numbers)~9831 (William Webster number)
Bibliography
King & Waterfield 2006: ~Webster 1907: Cat.24, figs.34-39
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 six objects: two figurative ivory altar tusks; three wooden ancestor staffs; one hide fan.
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
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 were sold by William Webster probably between 1898-1903.
URL
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/EA_Af-A154-86