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object_number:
A.1902.311
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Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Emwiegbe
English designation
Charm
Category
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.1902.311
object_name
designation
,
object type
Pendant
description
description
Pendant of carved ivory, cone shaped, perforated at apex, with chevron and lozenge patterns inlaid with copper: West Africa, Nigeria, Edo State, Benin
material
material
Ivory || Copper
dimensions
dimensions
3.38" 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
1902
acquisition.method
accession method
PURCHASE
notes
notes
WEST AFRICA. SOUTHERN NIGERIA. BENIN. IVORY. PENDANT in form of an elongated cone, perforated at apex, of ivory covered with chevron and lozenge patterns and inlaid with copper. Benin City, Midwestern State, Nigeria, West Africa.
exhibition
exhibition history
references
bibliography
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images
alternative_number.type
association.person
association.person.association
association.person.note
school_style
Benin