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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Sales Catalogue
Specific objects: 98
Object group: Osogan, Ebẹn, Ada, Akhiọn/Ukoko, Uko Ẹkhaẹ, Ọkporhu, Ukhurhẹ, Akohẹn/Oko, Azuwa, Urhukpa-Ẹvbi, Ahianmwẹ-Ọrọ, Ẹgogo, Okpia, Ama, Aken'ni Elao, Ẹgba, Oroka, Ikoro, Uhunmwu-Ẹkuẹ, Ẹroro, Ẹkpẹtin, Ikẹgobọ, Ikpin, Uko, Ẹkpẹn, Isẹ
Source: Webster, William Downing
Target -
Mentioned: -
1899
Correspondence
Specific objects: 0
Object group: Uhunmwu-Elao, Ama, Ikpin, Urhotọ
Source: Luschan, Felix Ritter von
Target General-Verwaltung der Königlichen Museen
Mentioned: Schmidt, Eduard
1898
Correspondence
Specific objects: 39
Object group: Uhunmwu-Elao, Ama, Urhotọ, Uhunmwu elao ọghe Iy’ọba , Okpia, Ukhurhẹ, Ivbiotọ, Ikpin
Source: Schmidt, Eduard
Target General-Verwaltung der Königlichen Museen
Mentioned: -
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
Correspondence
Specific objects: 0
Object group: Uhunmwu-Elao, Ama, Ikpin
Source: Luschan, Felix Ritter von
Target Schmidt, Eduard
Mentioned: Grünwedel, Albert
1898
Correspondence
Specific objects: 0
Object group: Ama, Isanrẹn, Ikpin
Source: Luschan, Felix Ritter von
Target Kaiser, Oscar
Mentioned: -
1904
Photograph
Specific objects: 0
Object group: Ama, Uhunmwu-Ẹkuẹ, Uhunmwu-Elao, Uhunmwu elao ọghe Iy’ọba , Ikpin, Ọkporhu, Uru, Ẹkpẹn, Okpia, Ikoro, Ebẹn, Asoro, Ẹroro, Ọkpan, Ahianmwẹ-Ọrọ, Osogan, Ọba, Uko, Ewua, Iy’Ọba, Urhukpa-Ẹvbi
Source: Museum am Rothenbaum. Kulturen und Künste der Welt (MARKK), Hamburg
Target -
Mentioned: -
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Invoice
Specific objects: 2
Object group: Ikpin, Ọkporhu
Source: Webster, William Downing
Target Museum der Kulturen, Basel, Staehelin-Gruner, Alfred
Mentioned: -
1899
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
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
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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
Scan of published works
Specific objects: 6
Object group: Ewua, Ikpin, Ama, Uhunmwu-Ẹkuẹ
Source: Leuzinger, Elsy
Target -
Mentioned: -
1972
Invoice
Specific objects: 19
Object group: Ẹgba, Ẹroro, Uhunmwu-Elao, Ọkporhu, Ẹkpoki, Ivbiotọ, Uhunmwu elao ọghe Iy’ọba , Ama, Ikpin, Urhotọ, Ahianmwẹ-Ọrọ, Ẹgogo, Agba, Oyiya, Uko, Akohẹn/Oko
Source: Oldman, William Ockelford
Target Gordon, George Byron
Mentioned: Bathe, Maximilian John de
1920
Invoice
Specific objects: 19
Object group: Ẹgba, Ẹroro, Uhunmwu-Elao, Ọkporhu, Ẹkpoki, Ivbiotọ, Uhunmwu elao ọghe Iy’ọba , Ama, Ikpin, Urhotọ, Ahianmwẹ-Ọrọ, Ẹgogo, Agba, Uko, Akohẹn/Oko
Source: Oldman, William Ockelford
Target Gordon, George Byron
Mentioned: Bathe, Maximilian John de, Cameron-Smith & Mariott, Ltd
1920
InventoryAccession Record
Specific objects: 6
Object group: Ama, Ikpin
Source: -
Target -
Mentioned: Wilson, Ethnologisches Museum, Berlin
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