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Z 12011
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Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Aghẹn
English designation
Mat
Category
Household & Everyday Objects
Provenance
Bevan, Anthony Ashley
Thomas, Northcote Whitridge
Location
Downing St, Cambridge CB2 3DZ, United Kingdom
Institution data
Internal Data (eng)
Internal Data (eng)
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge
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Last Updated: 2022-07-18
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english
idno
object id
Z 12011
local
edo designation
Ewa
Physical description/0
description
Bini mat
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description
Description from record Z 26785: 'Sitting and sleeping mat woven mat. "Ewa." Made of outer bark of palm. Random red (camwood - ground and put in w. bark strands) and yellow (yellow bark) stripes. Raphia palm?'
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Description from record Z 26785: 'Mat is split in places.'
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Ewa. Sitting and sleeping mat, woven from the outer bark of palm, with a red and yellow woven design. Mat is rolled up and has split in places.
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d_Description Name
description
Ewa. Sitting and sleeping mat, woven from the outer bark of palm, with a red and yellow woven design. Mat is rolled up and has split in places.
height
dimensions
length
dimensions
720 mm
width
dimensions
440 mm
weight
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period
date made
maker
producer
d_Place
production place
Africa; West Africa; Nigeria; Edo State; Benin City
Other owners
prior source
source
prior source
Thomas, Northcote Whitridge [field collector]; Bevan, Anthony Ashley (Prof.) [monetary donor]
Collection or Excavation Year
date collected
culture group
ethnic attribution
Edo
source date
accession date
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notes
1st Thomas Catalogue notes numbers 1-249 as "Bini (Benin City)", but 1-7 has had "Bini" crossed out in the Thomas Catalogue. [R.Hand]
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Reference Numbers
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Z 12011 MAA: Z 26785 Other: 4 [Thomas Coll. - 1st Cat.]
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See E 1910.118 and E 1913.3 records for further details about the Thomas Collection from Nigeria.
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Archaeology
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Found_together - assemblage
Freezing
Online Only
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Production - use
Random red (camwood - ground and put in w. bark strands) and yellow (yellow bark) stripes. Raphia palm?
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Surface Clean
unknown