Archival Documents
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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Auction Catalogue
Specific objects: 3
Object group: Isanrẹn, Okpia, Ama, Uhunmwu-Ẹkuẹ, Uhunmwu-Elao, Ẹkpẹn
Source: Sotheby's
Target -
Mentioned: British Rail Pension Fund, Sotheby's, Ratton, Charles Alfred Marius, Foster's, Carré, Louis, Ortiz, George, Diblin, George, Hooper, James Thomas, Christie's, Leff, Jay C. , Knorr, Carl Heinrich Eduard, Linden-Museum, Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde, Stuttgart, Klejman, John J., Carlebach, Julius
1989
Price List
Specific objects: 0
Object group: Ikoro, Isanrẹn
Source: -
Target -
Mentioned: -
-
Correspondence
Specific objects: 0
Object group: Uhunmwu-Elao, Ewua, Ama, Ikoro, Isanrẹn
Source: Mattika, E. H.
Target Luschan, Felix Ritter von
Mentioned: Francke, Theodor
1897
Correspondence
Specific objects: 26
Object group: Aken'ni Elao, Isanrẹn, Ikoro, Uhunmwu-Ẹkuẹ, Uhunmwu elao ọghe Iy’ọba , Uhunmwu-Elao, Ivbiotọ, Ama
Source: -
Target Francke, Theodor
Mentioned: Ankermann, Bernhard
1898
Invoice
Specific objects: 0
Object group: Uhunmwu-Elao, Ebẹn, Isanrẹn, Ikoro
Source: Hale & Son
Target Mattika, E. H.
Mentioned: -
1897
Invoice
Specific objects: 0
Object group: Ama, Okhuo, Umozo/Ọhọ, Ikoro, Isanrẹn, Agba, Uhunmwu-Elao, Ẹroro
Source: Webster, William Downing
Target Ethnologisches Museum, Berlin
Mentioned: -
1898
CorrespondencePrice List
Specific objects: 0
Object group: Ama, Isanrẹn
Source: Kaiser, Oscar
Target Luschan, Felix Ritter von
Mentioned: Luck, Paul
1904
Correspondence
Specific objects: 0
Object group: Ama, Isanrẹn, Ikpin
Source: Luschan, Felix Ritter von
Target Kaiser, Oscar
Mentioned: -
1904
Correspondence
Specific objects: 0
Object group: Isanrẹn, Ebẹn
Source: Luschan, Felix Ritter von
Target Webster, William Downing
Mentioned: -
1903
Correspondence
Specific objects: 0
Object group: Isanrẹn
Source: Luschan, Felix Ritter von
Target -
Mentioned: -
1900
CorrespondenceSketch
Specific objects: 1
Object group: Isanrẹn
Source: Jaffé, Siegfried
Target Luschan, Felix Ritter von
Mentioned: -
1900
Auction Catalogue
Specific objects: 10
Object group: Ikoro, Ẹroro, Ahianmwẹ-Ọrọ, Ẹkpẹtin, Ẹgba, Elubasẹ/Isevbere, Ọkpan, Ebẹn, Uhunmwu-Elao, Ivbiotọ, Isanrẹn, Umozo/Ọhọ, Uhunmwu-Ẹkuẹ, Ẹgogo, Oroka, Emwiegbe, Uko, Ama, Azuwa, Oyiya, Ughegbe
Source: Stevens Auction Rooms
Target -
Mentioned: Ansorge, William John
1909
Inventory
Specific objects: 254
Object group: Aken'ni Elao, Uhunmwu-Ẹkuẹ, Uhunmwu-Elao, Ẹroro, Akohẹn/Oko, Ama, Aga, Agba, Ada, Ebẹn, Ẹkpẹtin, Osisi/Etu, Urhukpa-Ẹvbi, Emwiegbe, Ẹkpẹn, Ikoro, Ẹgba, Idẹnrhẹn, Isanrẹn, Ukhurhẹ, Uko, Uman-ague/Ugbugbe, Urhotọ, Ewua, Ahianmwẹ-Ọrọ, Azuwa, Ọkporhu, Ẹrhẹ, Osogan, Emwiurhu, Uzokpo, Ẹgogo, Umozo/Ọhọ, Okpia, Iyeọkhọkhọ, Ikẹgobọ, Ikpotoki, Ukpu, Okhuo, Isẹ, Ivin
Source: Webster, William Downing
Target -
Mentioned: Stevens, John Crace, Stevens Auction Rooms, Meyer, Hans, Grassi Museum of Ethnology, Leipzig, Ethnologisches Museum, Berlin, Museum für Völkerkunde, Dresden, Museum am Rothenbaum. Kulturen und Künste der Welt (MARKK), Hamburg, Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, Museum Volkenkunde, Leiden, Puttick & Simpson, Världskulturmuseerna, Stockholm, Giglioli, Franco, National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, Edinburgh, Ridgeway, William, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Bates, Oric, Juckler, Stadt Museum Freiburg, Zimmerman, Oldman, William Ockelford , Jackson, Museum of Primitive Arts, New York, Salford Museum and Art Gallery, Salford, Meyer, Hermann August Heinrich, Fenton & Sons
1900
Research notesSketch
Specific objects: 19
Object group: Aken'ni Elao, Ikpin, Uhunmwu-Ẹkuẹ, Asologun, Akpata, Oyiya, Ada, Isanrẹn, Uhunmwu-Elao, Eseiku, Okpia, Ikpotoki, Ama, Ẹgba, Ikoro, Ahianmwẹ-Ọrọ, Elubasẹ/Isevbere, Ighẹghan, Ẹroro, Akhiọn/Ukoko, Ikẹgobọ, Ukhurhẹ, Ẹkpẹde, Uhanbọ, Ifẹnmwẹ, Umozo/Ọhọ, Urhotọ, Oroka, Ẹguẹn, Ivie, Ẹkan, Asa, Ẹkpoki, Uman-ague/Ugbugbe, Ẹrhẹ, Ẹkpẹtin
Source: Bradbury, Robert Elwyn, Egharevba, Jacob U.
Target -
Mentioned: Luschan, Felix Ritter von, Ohẹn, Ẹwuare I, Ẹsigie, Ọzọlua, Akẹnzua II, Inneh, Murray, Kenneth Crosthwaite, Egharevba, Jacob U. , Goodwin, Ohuan
1960
Research notes
Specific objects: 0
Object group: Ẹroro, Onwọ, Ama, Urhotọ, Asẹbẹrhia , Uhanbọ, Ẹkpoki, Uru, Uhunmwu-Ẹkuẹ, Ada, Ivie, Ukhurhẹ, Aken'ni Elao, Uhunmwu-Elao, Isanrẹn, Ẹrhẹ, Oyiya, Agba, Asoro, Akohẹn/Oko, Ọkpan, Ikpin
Source: Bradbury, Robert Elwyn
Target -
Mentioned: Odionwere, Erhaho
1957
Research notes
Specific objects: 0
Object group: Ẹroro, Ada, Isanrẹn, Azuwa, Ẹgba, Elubasẹ/Isevbere
Source: Bradbury, Robert Elwyn
Target -
Mentioned: Ine N’Igun-Ẹrọnmwọn
1959