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Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Object number:
94-28
Institution media
1 Images
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Ebẹn
English designation
Ceremonial Sword
Category
Ceremonial Objects
Provenance
Donald Morris Gallery
George H. and Elizabeth O. Davis Fund
Merton D. Simpson Gallery
Morris, Donald
Simpson, Merton Daniel
William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Location
4525 Oak St, Kansas City, MO 64111, United States
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Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
The data was transferred directly from the institution.
Last Updated: 2021-08-05
Language:
english
Object number
object id
94-28
Medium
material
Iron, hide and ivory
Dimensions:
dimensions
Overall: 40 5/8 x 8 9/16 x 6 1/8 in. (103.1875 x 21.7488 x 15.5575 cm)
Title
object type
Commemorative Sword
Credit Line
prior source
Purchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust through the George H. and Elizabeth O. Davis Fund
Provenance
provenance
Kingdom of Benin, 19th century; With Merton D. Simpson Gallery, New York; With Donald Morris Gallery, Birmingham, MI, by October 18, 1994; Purchased from Donald Morris Gallery by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1994.
Culture
ethnic attribution
Benin Kingdom
Exhibition History
exhibition history
Published References
bibliography
Newsletter (The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Winter 1996), 3, (repro.).
Nelson-Atkins Online Collection Database
https://art.nelson-atkins.org/objects/18151/commemorative-sword?ctx=c407236a-f947-4423-b813-3f1dfb6d5e82&idx=2