Digital Benin Research
British Museum
institution
W. D. Webster photograph album
archival unit
Photograph Album
document type
1898-01-01/1899-12-31
date
specific objects
Ẹzuzu open in Ẹyo Otọ
Ukhurhẹ open in Ẹyo Otọ
Aken'ni Elao open in Ẹyo Otọ
edo designations
Webster, William Downing
source
target
mention
Institutional metadata
Reg No.
Af,A154.86
PRN
EPF11287
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
Material/s
paper
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)
Subject/s
Previous Owner
Previous owner/ex-collection: William Downing Webster
Date/s
1898-1899 (circa)
Prod. Place/s
Photographed in: London
Assoc. Ethnic Name/s
Made by: Edo
Assoc. Place/s
Associated with: Benin City
Assoc. Event/s
Inscription/s
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