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ACCESSNOObject ID
1946.066
HOMELOCObject ID
R7-6G-02
OBJECTIDObject ID
C15584
OBJNAMEDesignation, Object Type
BOX, LIDDED
DESCRIPDescription, Object Type
Carved wooden box. Seven human figures carved on cover. Gift of King of Benin to Sir Henry Galway in 1800.
MATERIALMaterial
Wood
CURVALMAXDimensions
0
CURVALUEDimensions
0
DEPTHDimensions
0
DEPTHFTDimensions
0
DEPTHINDimensions
0
DIAMETERDimensions
0
DIAMETERFTDimensions
0
DIAMETERINDimensions
0
DIMTYPEDimensions
1
HEIGHTDimensions
8.89
HEIGHTFTDimensions
0.291666667
HEIGHTINDimensions
3.5
LENGTHDimensions
52.705
LENGTHFTDimensions
1.729166667
LENGTHINDimensions
20.75
WIDTHDimensions
11.43
WIDTHFTDimensions
0.375
WIDTHINDimensions
4.5
WEIGHTWeight
0
WEIGHTINWeight
0
WEIGHTLBWeight
0
SPECIESObject Type
INCISED,HUMAN EFFIGY
SUBJECTSIconography
DATEDate Made
1800
ERADate Made
1800
ORIGINProduction Place
SITEProduction Place
BENIN CITY
UDF2Production Place
Central W Africa
UDF3Production Place
Nigeria
UDF4Production Place
Bendel State
UDF6Production Place
Benin
COLLECTORPrior Source
Galway, Sir Henry
PROVENANCEProvenance
Museum Purchase. Purchased from Sydney Burney 26 Conduit Street London, W1 England "Gift of King of Benin to Sir Henry Galway in 1800"
COLLDATEDate Collected
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EXCAVADATEDate Collected
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CULTUREEthnic Attribution
Bini
COLLECTIONDepartment and Institution
Division of Anthropology
RECASAccession Method
NOTESNotes
Purchased 05.09.1946
PUBNOTESBibliography
Published: Yes CUMMINGS,VIRGINIA L. OUT OF AFRICA pp17,23 #205 BSNS EXHIBIT CATALOG BUFFALO SOC NATL SCI BUFFALO NY 1969 DANTO,ARTHUR et al ART/ARTIFACT p54 EXHIBIT CATALOG CENTER FOR AFRICAN ART NY 1988 WINGERT,PAUL AFRICAN ------ SCULPTURE #137 (not pictured) EXHIBIT CATALOG M H DE YOUNG MEM MUS SAN FRANCISCO 1948
CONDITIONCondition
IMAGEFILEImages
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