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Accession/Inventory No.:
BIRRC-D0036
Institution media
6 Images
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Uhunmwu elao ọghe Iy’ọba
English designation
Commemorative Queen Mother Head
Category
Heads
Contextual Objects: Post-1930s
Provenance
Danford, John
Enahin
Location
University of Birmingham, Muirhead Tower, Birmingham, B15 2TT, England, UK
Institution data
Internal Data (eng)
Internal Data (eng)
Research and Cultural Collections, University of Birmingham
The data was transferred directly by the institution.
Last Updated: 2022-07-27
Language:
english
Accession/Inventory No.
object id
BIRRC-D0036
Title/Object name
designation
Queen mother head (Iyoba)
Description
description
Sculptural head wearing coral bead headress.
Materials
material
Brass
Measurements
dimensions
37 cm
Object type
object type
Sculpture
Mobius inscriptions
inscriptions
Date made
date made
1950
Artist/Maker
provenance
,
producer
Chief Enahin
Place made
production place
Benin City, Nigeria
Collector
prior source
Danford, John
Culture
ethnic attribution
Edo (Bini)
Institution
department and institution
Research and Cultural Collections
Named collection
department and institution
Danford Collection of West African Art and Artefacts
Acquisition
accession date
,
accession method
Danford Collection purchased in 1975.
Digital Benin note
notes
Copy of a 16th c. head in the British Museum Collection
Note
notes
Chief Enahin was in charge of the Benin brass foundry. Supposedly based on a 17th century original, but W. Fagg points out that by 1950 there was a plaster cast of the B.M. original in the Benin museum.
Bibliography
bibliography
See 1957 Ibadan catalogue no. 33.
Legal status
legal status
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Copyright statement
license
©Research and Cultural Collections, University of Birmingham
Category
Decorative art
Create Date
2/4/99
Created By
HAMILTJH
External Mobius publish?
ID Prefix
BIRRC
ID Sort1
ID Sort2
36
ID Sort3
ID Sort4
ID Sort5
ID Sort6
Internal Mobius publish?
Item count
Loan allowed?
Location date
4/17/18
MKEY
102250
Miscellaneous
Lent by J. Danford 1964. Purchased 1975.
Offsite?
Update Date
5/27/21
Updated By
AYOUNG
Whole/Part
Whole
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