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: 1
Object group: Ẹroro, Ama, Uru, Okhuo, Uhunmwu elao ọghe Iy’ọba , Okpia
Source: Sotheby's
Target -
Mentioned: Marcus, S., Hewett, Kenneth John, Ratton, Charles Alfred Marius, Gimpel, Godwin, A. R. T. W.
1965
Auction Catalogue
Specific objects: 1
Object group: Ama, Umozo/Ọhọ, Ikpakohen, Aro Ododua, Aken'ni Elao, Ikoro, Uzokpo, Ahianmwẹ-Ọrọ, Ẹroro, Uhunmwu-Ẹkuẹ, Aken'ni Elao, Akohẹn/Oko, Okhuo, Ukhurhẹ
Source: Foster's
Target -
Mentioned: -
1931
CorrespondencePrice List
Specific objects: 0
Object group: Ama, Ahianmwẹ-Ọrọ, Ẹroro, Aro Ododua, Uko, Asa, Okhuo, Ikoro, Aken'ni Elao, Ẹkpẹtin, Uhunmwu-Ẹkuẹ, Agba
Source: Webster, William Downing
Target Luschan, Felix Ritter von
Mentioned: -
1898
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
Price List
Specific objects: 8
Object group: Okhuo, Okpia, Urhotọ, Ahianmwẹ-Ọrọ, Uhunmwu-Ẹkuẹ, Ẹroro, Ikoro
Source: Webster, William Downing
Target Luschan, Felix Ritter von
Mentioned: -
1900
Correspondence
Specific objects: 8
Object group: Okhuo, Okpia, Urhotọ, Ahianmwẹ-Ọrọ, Uhunmwu-Ẹkuẹ, Ẹroro, Ikoro
Source: Luschan, Felix Ritter von
Target Webster, William Downing
Mentioned: -
1900
Correspondence
Specific objects: 0
Object group: Ọkporhu, Okhuo, Ẹkpẹn, Ẹroro, Ama, Ukpọn, Uko
Source: Webster, William Downing
Target Hügel, Anatole Andreas Aloys von
Mentioned: -
1903
Inventory
Specific objects: 212
Object group: Aken'ni Elao, Uhunmwu-Ẹkuẹ, Uhunmwu-Elao, Emwiegbe, Ighẹghan, Ẹroro, Ama, Uhunmwu elao ọghe Iy’ọba , Urhotọ, Osogan, Akohẹn/Oko, Ikoro, Okhuo, Uko, Ibierugha, Agba, Ukhurhẹ, Urhukpa-Ẹvbi, Ebẹn, Ẹgba, Ikpin, Ikẹgobọ, Ido, Idẹnrhẹn, Ovazẹ, Afian, Anwa/Akpoka, Igho, Ọkporhu, Ukpu, Okpia, Ẹkpẹn, Ikpakohen, Ewua, Uru, Ẹkpẹtin, Ahianmwẹ-Ọrọ, Asigbe
Source: Webster, William Downing
Target -
Mentioned: Fenton & Sons, Baxter, Watson, Stevens Auction Rooms, Pitt-Rivers (Lane Fox), Augustus Henry, National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, Edinburgh, Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, Museum of Liverpool, Liverpool, Museum für Völkerkunde, Dresden, John Carter Son & co., Weltmuseum Wien , Cutter, William D., Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, Ethnologisches Museum, Berlin, Frank, Gustav Adolph , Historisches Museum, Dresden, Brown, J. C. , Cross, Reginald R. , Lawrence, George Fabian 'Stoney Jack', Juckler, Longfield, J. H. , Webster (born Cutter), Eva Amarantha, Burrows, Norman, Seppings Wright, Henry Charles, Museum Fünf Kontinente, Munich, Roupell, Ernest Percy Stuart, Världskulturmuseerna, Stockholm, Jenkinson, Francis John Henry, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Museum Volkenkunde, Leiden, Nationalmuseet, National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen, Christie's, Museum der Kulturen, Basel, Horniman Museum, London, Meyer, Hans, Salford Museum and Art Gallery, Salford, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Grassi Museum of Ethnology, Leipzig, Ayer, Edward Everett
1897
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
Manuscript for publication
Specific objects: 21
Object group: Ama, Ebẹn, Ẹroro, Ọba, Eseiku, Okhuo, Ibierugha, Uhunmwu-Elao, Uhunmwu elao ọghe Iy’ọba , Uru, Ikpin, Ahianmwẹ-Ọrọ
Source: Bradbury, Robert Elwyn, Murray, Kenneth Crosthwaite
Target -
Mentioned: Ovonramwẹ N’Ogbaisi, Ẹweka II , Lugard, Frederick John Dealtry, British Museum, London, Egharevba, Jacob U. , Talbot, Percy Amaury , Akẹnzua II, Luschan, Felix Ritter von, Ẹsigie, Ọbanosa, Ẹwuare I, Fagg, William Buller , Ọzọlua, Pitt-Rivers (Lane Fox), Augustus Henry, Museum of Liverpool, Liverpool, Dalton, Ormonde Maddock, Read, Charles Hercules, Roth, Henry Ling, Bacon, Reginald Hugh Spencer, Ohẹn, Dark, Philip J. C. , Adọlọ, Imperial Institute, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum), Philadelphia , Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, Roupell, Ernest Percy Stuart, British Foreign Office
-
Research notes
Specific objects: 0
Object group: Ukhurhẹ, Ẹkpẹtin, Uhunmwu-Elao, Ẹgba, Aken'ni Elao, Agba, Ẹroro, Ẹkpoki, Ada, Ọkpan, Ebẹn, Ẹkpẹn, Okhuo, Ama, Ifẹnmwẹ, Uhanbọ, Akohẹn/Oko, Okpia, Ẹkhu
Source: Bradbury, Robert Elwyn
Target -
Mentioned: Ẹweka I , Ẹwẹdo, Akẹnzua I , Ohẹn, Osẹmwẹndẹ, Adọlọ, Ovonramwẹ N’Ogbaisi, Ẹweka II , Ẹsigie, Ohuan, Akẹnzua II, Ẹwuare I, Ọzọlua, Ehẹngbuda , Idia
1953
InventoryAccession Record
Specific objects: 4
Object group: Okhuo, Ẹroro, Emwiurhu
Source: -
Target -
Mentioned: -
-
InventoryAccession Record
Specific objects: 6
Object group: Akohẹn/Oko, Okpia, Okhuo, Iy’Ọba
Source: -
Target -
Mentioned: -
-
Photograph Album
Specific objects: 0
Object group: Okhuo, Okpia
Source: Webster, William Downing
Target -
Mentioned: Ethnologisches Museum, Berlin, Grassi Museum of Ethnology, Leipzig
1898
Sales Catalogue
Specific objects: 98
Object group: Osogan, Ada, Akhiọn/Ukoko, Uko Ẹkhaẹ, Ọkporhu, Azuwa, Ẹgogo, Okpia, Ama, Ẹgba, Oroka, Ikoro, Ẹroro, Ẹkpẹtin, Ẹzuzu, Uhunmwu-Elao, Uko, Ukpu, Ẹkpẹn, Ikpotoki, Ugbudian, Akohẹn/Oko, Ifẹnmwẹ, Ahianmwẹ-Ọrọ, Igho, Aken'ni Elao, Umọmọ, Oyiya, Uhẹnhẹn/Ekuyẹ, Ido, Ukhurhẹ, Emwiegbe, Uhunmwu-Ẹkuẹ, Isẹ, Ebẹn, Ighẹghan, Urhukpa-Ẹvbi, Urhotọ, Ikpin, Ukeke, Okhuo, Ibierugha, Ema, Akhẹ, Afian, Ovazẹ, Anwa/Akpoka, Idẹnrhẹn
Source: Webster, William Downing
Target -
Mentioned: -
1899
Sales Catalogue
Specific objects: 9
Object group: Aga, Ama, Okpia, Ẹkpẹn, Ẹrhẹ, Ahianmwẹ-Ọrọ, Urhotọ, Okhuo, Uhunmwu-Ẹkuẹ
Source: Webster, William Downing
Target -
Mentioned: -
1901