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Accession/Inventory No.:
BIRRC-D0180
Institution media
9 Images
Digital Benin research
English designation
Category
Heads
Contextual Objects: Post-1930s
Provenance
Duckworth, Edward Harland
Idubor, Felix
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-D0180
Title/Object name
designation
Head of a girl
Description
description
Sculptural head of a girl wearing a cap.
Materials
material
Wood
Measurements
dimensions
21 cm
Object type
object type
Sculpture
Mobius inscriptions
inscriptions
Idubor 1956 carved on base.
Date made
date made
1956
Artist/Maker
provenance
,
producer
Idubor, Felix
Place made
production place
Benin City or Lagos, Nigeria
Collector
prior source
Duckworth, E. H.
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
Bequest of E.H. Duckworth 1972.
Digital Benin note
notes
Note
notes
Purchased in Lagos from the artist Felix Idubor, a Benin carver with some European training (c1956).
Bibliography
bibliography
Legal status
legal status
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Copyright statement
license
© Copyright holder unknown. Photo credit: Research and Cultural Collections, University of Birmingham
Category
Decorative art
Create Date
2/19/99
Created By
HAMILTJH
External Mobius publish?
ID Prefix
BIRRC
ID Sort1
ID Sort2
180
ID Sort3
ID Sort4
ID Sort5
ID Sort6
Internal Mobius publish?
Item count
Loan allowed?
Location date
10/8/19
MKEY
102430
Miscellaneous
E.H. Duckworth bequest 1972.
Offsite?
Update Date
5/27/21
Updated By
AYOUNG
Whole/Part
Whole
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