Fowler Museum at UCLA
Object ID: X65.9130
Institution media
1 image
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Uhunmwu-Elao
English designation
Commemorative Head
Category
Altar & Shrine Objects
Palace Architecture & Ornamentation
Heads
Provenance
Sotheby's
Stow, Harry
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
X65.9130
descriptionDescription
MaterialsMaterial
COPPER ALLOY, WOOD
DimensionsDimensions
H: 49.21 cm, DIAM: 19.05 cm
Object NameObject Type
HEAD
DateDate Made
1934
Geographical areaProduction Place
BENIN CITY, BENIN KINGDOM, NIGERIA
PartyPrior Source
Sotheby and Co., Harry Stow, Sir Henry Wellcome, Wellcome Trust
Evidence 1Provenance
Evidence 2Provenance
Country CultureEthnic Attribution
Culture GroupEthnic Attribution
EDO (NIGERIAN)
Party NotesNotes
Sotheby's listed the previous owner as a "Former Commissioner of Nigeria Administrative Service" (with "Benin bronze head" written in to Wellcome copy of catalog)
summary of curatorial notes archival research thus far summer 2021Notes
statusLegal Status
Old Numbers
R9165/1936, 174914A
Party Lot Number
146
provenance list known dates