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Access to archival documents is a pivotal expansion from the catalogue. Just as the historic Benin objects are dispersed across institutions globally, so are the relevant archival materials. Although not comprehensive, these documents are identified and brought together by Digital Benin, and selected for their relevance to the study of the historic objects and the history of the Benin Kingdom.
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CorrespondenceInventory
Specific objects: 0
Object group: Uhunmwu-Elao, Uhunmwu elao ọghe Iy’ọba , Ama
Source: Luschan, Felix Ritter von
Target -
Mentioned: Schmidt, Eduard
1898
Inventory
Specific objects: 2
Object group: Ama, Ikpin, Okpia
Source: -
Target -
Mentioned: Bey, Heinrich, Ankermann, Bernhard, Knorr, Carl Heinrich Eduard, Heger, Franz, Rautenstrauch, Eugen, Schmidt, Eduard, Zimmerman, Hagen, Karl, Städtisches Museum Braunschweig, Museum Fünf Kontinente, Munich, Webster, William Downing
1898
Inventory
Specific objects: 119
Object group: Aken'ni Elao
Source: -
Target -
Mentioned: Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago
1903
InventoryAccession Record
Specific objects: 10
Object group: Ebẹn, Ama, Ẹroro, Emwiegbe, Ighẹghan
Source: Übersee-Museum, Bremen
Target -
Mentioned: Becker, Carl Heinrich
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InventoryAccession Record
Specific objects: 2
Object group: Okpia
Source: Übersee-Museum, Bremen
Target -
Mentioned: Freuthal, Erich
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InventoryAccession Record
Specific objects: 2
Object group: Ikoro
Source: Übersee-Museum, Bremen
Target -
Mentioned: Fagg, William Buller
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Accession RecordInventory
Specific objects: 2
Object group: Ama, Uhunmwu-Elao
Source: Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt
Target -
Mentioned: Regner, Han G. A.
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Accession RecordInventory
Specific objects: 10
Object group: Ikoro, Akhẹ, Ughegbe
Source: Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt
Target -
Mentioned: Oldman, William Ockelford
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Accession RecordInventory
Specific objects: 13
Object group: Oyiya, Azuwa, Ẹgba, Emwiegbe, Ada
Source: Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt
Target -
Mentioned: Oldman, William Ockelford
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Accession RecordInventory
Specific objects: 2
Object group: Ebẹn, Ikoro
Source: Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt
Target -
Mentioned: Oldman, William Ockelford
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Accession RecordInventory
Specific objects: 2
Object group: Ẹkpẹtin
Source: Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt
Target -
Mentioned: J. F. G. Umlauff
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Accession RecordInventory
Specific objects: 1
Object group: Ukhurhẹ
Source: Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt
Target -
Mentioned: Oldman, William Ockelford
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Accession RecordInventory
Specific objects: 2
Object group: Ẹgba
Source: Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt
Target -
Mentioned: Webster, William Downing
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Accession RecordInventory
Specific objects: 1
Object group: Osogan
Source: Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt
Target -
Mentioned: Kageneck, von, Oldman, William Ockelford , Grafin
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Accession RecordInventory
Specific objects: 1
Object group: Ẹzuzu
Source: Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt
Target -
Mentioned: Oldman, William Ockelford
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Accession RecordInventory
Specific objects: 1
Object group: Okpia
Source: Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt
Target -
Mentioned: Konietzko, Julius August
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