ID_NUMBER: 3481b
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ID_NUMBERObject ID
3481b
ITEM_NAMEDesignation
bracelet (arm ornaments); armlet (arm ornament)
DESCRIPTIONDescription
Ivory bracelet carved with heads and abstract shape designs. Some of the carvings have metal set into them.
MATERIALSMaterial
elephant ivory; metal
MEASUREMENTSDimensions
overall: 130 mm x 90 mm
DATE_MADEDate Made
before 1897
PLACE_MADEProduction Place
Benin City, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
CULTUREEthnic Attribution
Edo
Horniman Museum and Gardens
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identifier/accession numberObject ID
3481b
name/object name (local)Edo Designation
name/common nameDesignation
ivory armlet
name/object nameDesignation
armlets (arm ornament); bracelets (arm ornaments)
name/object name (Horniman Ethno)Designation
armlet (arm ornament)
name/object name (unclassified)Designation
name/object name AATDesignation
bracelet (arm ornament)
title/displayDesignation
descriptionDescription, Description
description/1Description, Description
description/catalogueDescription, Description
Ivory bracelet carved with heads and abstract shape designs. Some of the carvings have metal set into them.
description/highlight onlineDescription, Description
description/historical/1/commentaryDescription, Description
description/historical/1/dateDescription
21-Jun-99
description/historical/1/objectDescription, Description
bracelet (arm ornament)
description/historical/1/sourceDescription
description/historical/2/dateDescription
1999-02-14
description/historical/2/noteDescription
entry from Lab book database
description/historical/2/objectDescription
IVORY ARMLET
description/historical/2/onlineDescription
description/historical/2/sourceDescription
Horniman Museum. Conservation Section
description/historical/3/dateDescription
description/historical/3/objectDescription
"Carved ivory armlet" [Acc Reg]
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description/historical/4/dateDescription
22-Jan-00
description/historical/4/objectDescription
ivory armlet
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description/historical/5/dateDescription
22-Jan-00
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armlet (arm ornament)
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description/historical/dateDescription
description/historical/label textDescription
description/historical/objectDescription
carved ivory bracelet
description/historical/onlineDescription
description/historical/sourceDescription
description/object/1/commentaryDescription
Edo 'kings' or Obas wore ivory armlets and bracelets at ceremonies. This armlet is decorated with the carved heads of Portuguese traders with long noses, flowing hair and beards, which probably signalled the Oba's access to foreign sources of wealth and power. Like brass and coral, ivory does not decay easily in the tropical environment and so was used in Edo royal regalia to emphasise the permanence and continuity of the ruling dynasty.
description/object/1/dateDescription
2013-04-11
description/object/1/descriptionDescription
description/object/2/descriptionDescription
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description/object/commentaryDescription
description/object/dateDescription
2016-04-27
description/object/descriptionDescription
Ivory bracelet carved with heads and abstract shape designs. Some of the carvings have metal set into them.
description/onlineDescription
description/online/sourceDescription
description/originalDescription
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materials/1/componentMaterial
overall
materials/1/materialMaterial
metal
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materials/2/componentMaterial
overall
materials/2/materialMaterial
elephant ivory
materials/2/techniqueMaterial
materials/3/componentMaterial
materials/3/materialMaterial
materials/catalogueMaterial
elephant ivory; metal
measurements/dimensions/catalogueDimensions
overall: 130 mm x 90 mm
measurements/displayDimensions
overall: 130.18 x 88.9 mm
name/catalogueObject Type
bracelet (arm ornaments); armlet (arm ornament)
objects/summary titleObject Type
votive container
objects/summary title/1Object Type
objects/summary title/2Object Type
summary titleObject Type
bracelet (arm ornaments); armlet (arm ornament)
titleObject Type
title/1Object Type
title/catalogueObject Type
title/historicalObject Type
title/historical/1Object Type
measurements/countObject Count
1
options/item countObject Count
1
inscription/descriptionInscriptions
inscription/locationInscriptions
inscription/transcriptionInscriptions
lifecycle/creation/date/date madeInscriptions
before 1897
lifecycle/creation/dateDate Made
cultures/maker or userProducer
Edo
lifecycle/creation/makerProducer
lifecycle/creation/places/made or collectedProduction Place
Benin City; Africa; Nigeria; Republic of Benin
lifecycle/creation/places/place/catalogueProduction Place
Benin City, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
lifecycle/ownership/owner/1/dateProvenance
1898
lifecycle/ownership/owner/1/vendorProvenance
unknown
lifecycle/ownership/owner/dateProvenance
1897
lifecycle/ownership/owner/donorProvenance
lifecycle/ownership/owner/previous ownerProvenance
lifecycle/ownership/owner/vendorProvenance
Hider, W. J.
lifecycle/collection/date collectedDate Collected
1897
cultures/catalogue cultureEthnic Attribution
Edo
note/catalogueNotes
1. Possible numbering problem: Listed in reference manual for the Centenary Gallery as 3481a. When decanted, check what number it is marked with. Jennings, Rachel; 2016-04-11.
2. A59 is a duplicate of this record
3. The register indicates that these objects are the same as A58 and 59, part of Mr Hilder's collection of Benin Curios taken from the King's Palace shortly before destruction in 1897, see both register pages for more detailed provenance information
4. Hider 4-1897
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exhibitions/3/theme/sectionExhibition History
exhibitions/3/theme/sub1Exhibition History
exhibitions/3/theme/sub2Exhibition History
exhibitions/catalogue/cataloguedExhibition History
N
exhibitions/summary titleExhibition History
Being Human
exhibitions/theme/sectionExhibition History
Encounters
exhibitions/theme/sub1Exhibition History
Africa
exhibitions/theme/sub2Exhibition History
Nigeria
locations/public locationDisplay Status
On display: Horniman Museum > World Gallery > Africa > Nigeria - Benin
publications/illustrationBibliography
publications/pagesBibliography
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legal/statusLegal Status
permanent collection
conditionCondition
2: fair
condition/dateCondition
2016-11-07
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