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object_number:
A.1952.131
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Edo designation
Isanrẹn
English designation
Key
Category
Palace Architecture & Ornamentation
Provenance
Beasley, Harry Geoffrey
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.1952.131
object_name
designation
,
object type
Key
description
description
Key of cast brass with twisted rope design on handle: West Africa, Nigeria, Edo State, Benin
material
material
Brass
dimensions
dimensions
5.00" L
production.period
date made
technique
production technique
Lost wax cast
production.place
production place
Benin, Edo State, Nigeria, Western Africa
acquisition.source
prior source
Beasley, Harry Geoffrey, 1881 - 1939
association.subject
event
British Punitive
Expedition
to Benin City, 1897
acquisition.date
accession date
1952
acquisition.method
accession method
BEQUEST
notes
notes
WEST AFRICA. SOUTHERN NIGERIA. BENIN. BRONZES. KEY, brass, hollow shank, handle decorated with twisted rope motive, large simple ward. S. Nigeria, Benin, Midwestern State, Bini peoples.
exhibition
exhibition history
references
bibliography
image_ref_no
images
alternative_number.type
association.person
Beasley Collection
association.person.association
association.person.note
school_style
Benin