summary of curatorial notes archival research thus far summer 2021notes
Stevens’ Auction Rooms Ltd, August 10, 1909: "Small rare bronze Benin head, on tripod feet." We do not know further collection history of this object; however, given that the sale occurred just 12 years after the looting of Benin, it remains possible that this object was taken in 1897. We currently have no conclusive evidence.
1909 (August 10): Sold at Steven's Auction Rooms Ltd auction [lot 204]
"Small rare bronze Benin head, on tripod feet"
1965 Gift of the Wellcome Trust to Fowler Museum (then Museum and Laboratories of Ethnic Arts and Technology)