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Object Number:
16-43-50/B1479
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1 Images
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Okhuo
English designation
Female Figure
Category
Figures
Provenance
Bates, Oric
Oldman, William Ockelford
Location
11 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138, United States
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Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University
The data was transferred directly by the institution.
Last Updated: 2021-09-10
Language:
english
Object Number
object id
16-43-50/B1479
Display Title
designation
Ivory female figurine with manillas
Inventory Description
description
,
object type
Statue, carved ivory, standing female, incised body designs, beads and hair
Object Description
description
Ivory figurine of scarified, elaborately coiffed female wearing beads at neck, arms, ankles, and hips.
Materials
material
Elephant ivory
Dimensions
dimensions
Overall: 38 x 10.5 x 9 cm (14 15/16 x 4 1/8 x 3 9/16 in.)
Classication
object type
Statue
Quantity
object count
Date
date made
16th century - 18th century
GeoLocale
production place
West Africa
Geography/Provenience
production place
Africa\Nigeria
Credit Line
prior source
Gift of Oric Bates, 1916
Provenance: Collector
prior source
,
provenance
Collector: British Punitive Force; Dealer: William O. Oldman
Provenance: Acquisition
provenance
Donor: Mr. Oric Bates
Culture/Period
ethnic attribution
Benin
Department
department and institution
Ethnographic
Image Credit Line Reproduction
license
Gift of Oric Bates, 1916. Image © President and Fellows of Harvard College, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 16-43-50/B1479
URL
weblink
https://collections.peabody.harvard.edu/objects/114218
Digital File Number
60740386