Fowler Museum at UCLA
Object ID: X65.9089
Institution media
3 images
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Uhunmwu-Elao
English designation
Commemorative Head
Category
Altar & Shrine Objects
Heads
Provenance
Hewlett, William
Wellcome Trust
Wellcome, Henry Solomon
LocationLos Angeles, United States
Institution data
Internal Data (eng)
Fowler Museum at UCLA
The data was transferred directly by the institution.
Last Updated: 2021-07-30
Language: English
Object IDObject ID
X65.9089
descriptionDescription
MaterialsMaterial
WOOD, COCONUT SHELL
DimensionsDimensions
H: 44.45 cm, W: 22.86 cm
Object NameObject Type
HEAD
DateDate Made
3/19/31
Geographical areaProduction Place
BENIN CITY, NIGERIA, BENIN KINGDOM
PartyPrior Source
William Hewlett, Sir Henry Wellcome, Wellcome Trust
Evidence 1Provenance
Wellcome card notes collector as William Hewlett, obtained March 19, 1931
Evidence 2Provenance
file includes photo: "Field photo made by N. W. Thomas in 1910, outside of Benin City, ancestral shrine in chief's compound. Original Cambridge museum of archaeology and Ethnology, Haddon Library." (Although, CSF notes this photo does not include the head in question, X65.9089-- unless the object is the one on the far left)
Country CultureEthnic Attribution
Benin
Culture GroupEthnic Attribution
EDO (NIGERIAN)
Party NotesNotes
summary of curatorial notes archival research thus far summer 2021Notes
The archival wellcome card notes collector as William Hewlett, obtained by Wellcome collection March 19, 1931. Our files also include an archival photo with the description: "Field photo made by N. W. Thomas in 1910, outside of Benin City, ancestral shrine in chief's compound. Original Cambridge museum of archaeology and Ethnology, Haddon Library.” Note: CSF notes this photo does not include the head in question, X65.9089-- unless the object is the one on the far left)
statusLegal Status
needs more research
Old Numbers
R9166/1936, 104391A
Party Lot Number
provenance list known dates
1931 (March 19): William Hewlett gift or sale to Wellcome Collection 1965 Gift of Wellcome Trust to Fowler Museum (then Museum and Laboratories of Ethnic Arts and Technology)