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Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University
Object Number:
16-43-50/B1490
Institution media
1 Images
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Ikẹgobọ
English designation
Altar of the Hand
Category
Altar & Shrine Objects
Provenance
Bates, Oric
Oldman, William Ockelford
Location
11 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138, United States
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Internal Data (eng)
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University
The data was transferred directly by the institution.
Last Updated: 2021-09-10
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english
Object Number
object id
16-43-50/B1490
Display Title
designation
Ikegobo (Altar to the Hand)
Inventory Description
description
,
object type
Block, carved wood, cylindrical, carved deco, spiked top, cowries on reed ring
Object Description
description
Materials
material
Wood, Cowrie, Reed
Dimensions
dimensions
Overall: 23.3 x 12.2 x 13.4 cm (9 3/16 x 4 13/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
Classication
object type
Tools
Quantity
object count
Date
date made
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/B1490
URL
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https://collections.peabody.harvard.edu/objects/114229
Digital File Number
80140098