National Museum, Lagos
Inventory No: LG 1954. 15.4
Institution media
1 image
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Ikẹgobọ
English designation
Altar of the Hand
Category
Altar & Shrine Objects
Provenance
Allman, Robert B.
British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897
Colonial Government of Nigeria
Fagg, William Buller
Hemingway, Elizabeth M. Dorothy (born Allman)
Sotheby's
LocationLagos, Nigeria
Institution data
Internal Data II (eng)
National Museum, Lagos
The data was transferred directly from the institution and transcribed by the Digital Benin from Inventory book.
Last Updated: 2021-02-19
Language: English
Inventory NoObject ID
LG 1954. 15.4
Department of Antiquities Nigerian Museum CatalogueProvenance
Purchases by the Nigerian Government at the Sale by Messrs. Sotheby & Co. Bond Street, London on April 26th 1954, M. B. E. B. Fagg, assistant surveyor of antiquities, acted for the Nigerian Government at the Sale in negotiations. The property of Mrs. Dorothy Hemingway. (From the collection of Dr. R. Allman, Principal Medical Officer of Southern Nigeria during the Benin Punitive Expedition of 1897.
Object Name (as specified in the 2019 Lagos National Museum store/gallery inventory)
Benin bronze altar ring.