Accession Number: 1900.39.16
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Pitt Rivers Museum
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Accession NumberObject ID
1900.39.16
DescriptionDescription
Arm ornament; circular armlet made of copper tubing, slashed open in places, the lengths of tube knotted and looped together. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 1/11/2005]
Material / ProcessMaterial
Material of original: Copper Metal
DimensionsDimensions
Diameter: max 95,00 mm
KeywordsObject Type
Keyword: Arm Ornament
No. of objectsObject Count
1
DatingDate Made
Date made: 1897
Geographical ProvenanceProduction Place
Africa -> Western Africa -> Nigeria, Benin City
PersonsPrior Source
Field collector: Benin City Punitive Expedition, PRM source: Charles G. Kingsley
ProvenancePrior Source, Provenance
Other Owners, Mary Henrietta Kingsley
When CollectedDate Collected
When collected:
Cultural GroupsEthnic Attribution
-> Edo
AcquiredAccession Date
Acquired: 1900
Primary DocumentationNotes
Documentation: : Old label in RDF.; Card Catalogue entry: : No further information on the catalogue index cards. [CW 14 7 1997]; Pitt Rivers Museum label: : [old] - [in Related Documents File] - "BENIN CITY, W. AFRICA. Bequeathed by MISS M.H. KINGSLEY, 1900". [CF 22/10/2001]; 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 [sic] from Benin city, taken during the punitive expedition under Admiral Rawson, February, 1897..... Curious copper armlet made of copper tubing, slashed open in places, the lengths of tube knotted and looped together (?cire perdue process).; Pitt Rivers Museum label: : WEST AFRICA BENIN CITY Copper armlet Don. Miss M. H. Kingsley 1900.39.16 [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 1/11/2005]
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