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object_number:
A.1901.211
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4 Images
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Azuwa
English designation
Hair Ornament
Category
Personal Adornment
Provenance
Webster, William Downing
Location
Chambers St, Edinburgh EH1 1JF, United Kingdom
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alternative_number
object id
object_number
object id
A.1901.211
object_name
designation
,
object type
Hair ornament
description
description
Hair ornament, T-shaped cast brass inlaid with pieces of red coral, mounted on a pin: West Africa, Nigeria, Edo State, Benin
material
material
Brass || Coral
dimensions
dimensions
10.25" L
production.period
date made
technique
production technique
Lost wax cast
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
1901
acquisition.method
accession method
PURCHASE
notes
notes
WEST AFRICA. SOUTHERN NIGERIA. BENIN. IRONWORK, BRASS-WORK, HAIR ORNAMENT in brass, in form of a narrow furrow, inlaid with pieces of red coral, and mounted on a pin. Benin City, Midwestern State, Nigeria, West Africa.
exhibition
exhibition history
references
bibliography
image_ref_no
images
alternative_number.type
association.person
association.person.association
association.person.note
school_style
Benin