ID_NUMBER: nn6313
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Horniman Museum and Gardens
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Last Updated: 2022-09-01
Language: English
ID_NUMBERObject ID
nn6313
ITEM_NAMEDesignation
hair ornament
DESCRIPTIONDescription
An ornamental hair comb. Benin City, Nigeria. Unknown date. The comb has two figures at the top; they are both naked, one is male and the other is female. The platform they are standing on is linked to the comb by carved thick wooden chain links.
MATERIALSMaterial
wood
MEASUREMENTSDimensions
overall: 396 mm x 75 mm x 16 mm
DATE_MADEDate Made
unknown
PLACE_MADEProduction Place
Benin City, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
CULTUREEthnic Attribution
Horniman Museum and Gardens
The data was downloaded via a public data access of the institution.
Last Updated: 2022-08-15
Language: English
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nn6313
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hair ornaments
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hair ornament
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descriptionDescription, Description
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description/catalogueDescription, Description
An ornamental hair comb. Benin City, Nigeria. Unknown date. The comb has two figures at the top; they are both naked, one is male and the other is female. The platform they are standing on is linked to the comb by carved thick wooden chain links.
description/highlight onlineDescription, Description
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21-Jun-99
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hair ornament, carved wood
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Comb, hair ornament, carved wood
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description/historical/dateDescription
21-Jun-99
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hair ornament
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An ornamental hair comb. Benin City, Nigeria. Unknown date. The comb has two figures at the top; they are both naked, one is male and the other is female. The platform they are standing on is linked to the comb by carved thick wooden chain links.
description/onlineDescription
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overall
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wood
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(AAT)
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wood
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overall: 396 mm x 75 mm x 16 mm
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overall: 396 mm x 75 mm x 16 mm
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hair ornament
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African Worlds 6x4 object photographs with accompanying information sheets
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votive container
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summary titleObject Type
hair ornament
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unknown
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cultures/maker or userProducer
lifecycle/creation/makerProducer
unknown
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Benin City; Republic of Benin
lifecycle/creation/places/place/catalogueProduction Place
Benin City, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
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lifecycle/ownership/owner/vendorProvenance
lifecycle/collection/date collectedDate Collected
unknown
cultures/catalogue cultureEthnic Attribution
note/catalogueNotes
Record updated by Toni Busuttil as part of the Digital Benin project. 2021-07-22
Likely to be Hider, Benin City - one of 3479. JZS 09/02/22
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In storage
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