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object_number:
A.1900.143
Institution media
5 Images
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Akohẹn/Oko
English designation
Horn or Flute
Category
Musical Instruments
Provenance
Webster, William Downing
Location
Chambers St, Edinburgh EH1 1JF, United Kingdom
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Last Updated: 2021-05-26
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alternative_number
object id
object_number
object id
A.1900.143
object_name
designation
,
object type
War horn
description
description
War horn of ivory carved with representations of crocodile, human masks and spiral tip: West Africa, Nigeria, Edo State, Benin
material
material
Ivory
dimensions
dimensions
16.25" L
production.period
date made
technique
production technique
Carved
production.place
production place
Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria, Western Africa
acquisition.source
prior source
Webster, William Downing, 1863 - 1913
association.subject
event
British Punitive
Expedition
to Benin City, 1897
acquisition.date
accession date
1900
acquisition.method
accession method
PURCHASE
notes
notes
WEST AFRICA. SOUTHERN NIGERIA. BENIN. IVORY. WAR-HORN in ivory, carved with representations of a crocodile and a human mask, and with a spiral end. Benin City, West Africa, Midwestern State.
exhibition
exhibition history
references
bibliography
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images
alternative_number.type
association.person
association.person.association
association.person.note
school_style
Benin