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Digital Benin Research
British Museum
institution
Arthur Prest photograph album
archival unit
Photograph
document type
1890-01-01/1900-01-01
date
specific objects
edo designations
Prest, Arthur H.
source
target
mention
Institutional metadata
Reg No.
Af,A46.5
PRN
EPF3033
Add ID/s
AF/CA46/5 (copy print number)
Object Name/s
photographic print (black and white)
Material/s
paper
Technique/s
photographic process
Description (full)
Photograph (black and white), from an album; view of a settlement of thatched rectangular buildings. River and forest in background. Siluko, Nigeria Albumen print.
Dimension/s
Length: 13.98 cm~Width: 19.40 cm
Subject/s
architecture ~landscape
Previous Owner
Previous owner/ex-collection: Arthur Henry Prest
Date/s
1890-1900
Prod. Place/s
Made in: Siluko~Made in: Benin City (near)
Assoc. Ethnic Name/s
Assoc. Place/s
Topographic representation of: Siluko
Inscription/s
Inscription:~ Inscription details: annotation~ Inscription quoted: Album Title: "1st BENIN. WARRI. & SAPELE. 2nd NEW CALABAR. BONNY. OPOBO & QUA COUNTRY." [manuscript note on album paper]. Original Description: "Siluku Town Benin Territories before the Rubber trade opened" [manuscript note on album paper].
Curator's Comment/s
The photographs in collections Af,A46 and Af,A47 were originally contained in a songle album containing 176 photographs.
URL
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/EA_Af-A46-5