1900.32.4

String of tubular coral beads, probably from a ceremonial flywhisk. [MdeA 29/8/2001]

Material of original: Coral; Material of original: Bead; Material of original: String

Length: max 340,00 mm

Keyword: Bead; Keyword: Ornament; Keyword: Flywhisk

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Date made: 1900

Africa -> Western Africa -> Nigeria, Benin City

PRM source: Harold St. George Gray

Other Owners, Harold St. George Gray

When collected:

-> Edo

Acquired: 1900

Accession book entry: : ‘H.St.G. Gray Pitt Rivers Museum - September...String of coral beads, Benin city, W. Africa.’; Pitt Rivers Museum label: : [old] - STRING OF CORAL, PROBABLY PORTION OF A CEREMONIAL FLY-WHISK. BENIN CITY, W. AFRICA. Pres: by H. ST. G. GRAY, 1900. [rev] 1900.32.4 [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 24/6/2005]

Research Notes: Apparently not listed in Philip J. C. Dark, An Illustrated Catalogue of Benin Art, Boston, MA: G. K. Hall, 1982. [MdeA 29/8/2001]

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Class: Bead; Class: Ornament; Class: Fan

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