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Fowler Museum at UCLA
Object ID:
X65.9009
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Edo designation
Ebẹn
English designation
Ceremonial Sword
Category
Ceremonial Objects
Provenance
Stevens Auction Rooms
Wellcome Trust
Wellcome, Henry Solomon
Location
308 Charles E Young Dr N, Los Angeles, CA 90024, United States
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Internal Data (eng)
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Fowler Museum at UCLA
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Last Updated: 2021-07-30
Language:
english
Object ID
object id
X65.9009
description
description
Ebere sword
Materials
material
BRONZE
Dimensions
dimensions
L: 73.66 cm, W: 23.50 cm
Object Name
object type
SWORD, EBERE
Date
date made
1933
Geographical area
production place
BENIN CITY, SOUTH NIGERIA
Party
prior source
Stevens' Auction Rooms Ltd., Harry Stow, Sir Henry Wellcome, Wellcome Trust
Evidence 1
provenance
Evidence 2
provenance
Country Culture
ethnic attribution
Benin
Culture Group
ethnic attribution
Party Notes
notes
summary of curatorial notes archival research thus far summer 2021
notes
Steven's auctions November 20, 1933, lot 20. Provenance research is ongoing.
status
legal status
need more research
Old Numbers
R9389/1936, 191290A
Party Lot Number
20
provenance list known dates
1933 (November 20): Sold at Stevens' Auction Rooms Ltd [lot 20] to Sir Henry Wellcome collection 1965 Gift of Wellcome Trust to Fowler Museum (then Museum and Laboratories of Ethnic Arts and Technology)