Accession book entry: : 'MISS MARY H. KINGSLEY. The following specimens chiefly collected by the late Miss Kingsley in W. Africa, were bequeathed by her to her brother Charles G. Kingsley, to be transferred to the Museum at his death. Mr. Kingsley generously surrendered his life interest in the specimens and presented them at once to the Museum, September 1900: The following bronzes from Benin city, taken during the punitive expedition under Admiral Rawson, February, 1897..... One small bronze bell.; Card Catalogue entry: : S. NIGERIA, BENIN CITY Small bronze bell. Taken during the punitive expedition under Admiral Rawson, Feb. 1897. d.d. Miss Mary Kingsley, 1900.; Pitt Rivers Museum label: : [Related Documents File] 3 bronze or brass bells. BENIN CITY. Beq. Miss M. Kingsley ... 1900 & (2) d.d. Mrs. Braithwaite Batty 1917. [LKG 25/06/2009]
Research Notes: Listed as no B9/30 on p. 2.1.134 in Philip J. C. Dark, An Illustrated Catalogue of Benin Art, Boston, MA: G. K. Hall, 1982, where it is classified under 'Hunter Style' as 'Non-Benin'.
