Catalogue card notes: "A roughly cast oblong pendant, showing a man standing holding a sword in either hand. A pair of human masks and a pair of coiled snakes fill the corners. (Bronze or brass)"
A roughly cast oblong pendant, showing a man standing holding a sword in either hand. A pair of human masks and a pair of coiled snakes fill the corners. Made from bronze or brass.
Given Webster's acquisition of much of the spoils of the Benin West Africa 1897 Expedition and the early date of 1902-3, it is likely his personal donation of Benin material was also collected on the 1897 Punitive Expedition
Catalogue card reads, in blue biro: "1902 E 433. | AFRICA | WEST AFRICA / NIGERIA / A roughly cast oblong PENDANT, showing a man standing holding a sword in either hand. A pair of human masks & a pair of coiled snakes fill the corners, (bronze or brass) (3.3" x 4.8") Benin W. Africa"
Red circular sticker in bottom right of card.
In January 2017, Prof. Marcos Martinon-Torres and Agnese Benzonelli, UCL Institute of Archaeology, tested this idno using a portable XRF as part of a programme of base metal analysis of Benin material.
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Exhibited: On display in drawer 37A, under the Nigeria case, Maudslay Hall, 27/6/2001- 19/11/2015.