Pitt Rivers Museum
Accession Number: 1909.1.2
Institution media
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Digital Benin research
English designation
Staff of Office
Category
Ceremonial Objects
Staffs
Provenance
Thompson, Henry Nilus
LocationSouth Parks Rd, Oxford, OX1 3PP
Institution data
Internal Data (eng)
Pitt Rivers Museum
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Last Updated: 2021-07-20
Language: english
Accession Numberobject id
1909.1.2
Descriptiondescription
Top section of brass staff of office with double human figures at either end. This has been broken off a sword-shaped base. [JC 23 5 2002]
Material / Processmaterial
Material of original: Brass Metal
Dimensionsdimensions
Length 370,00 mm; Length 90,00 mm top figures; Length 75,00 mm lower figures
Keywordsobject type
Keyword: Figure; Keyword: Staff
No. of objectsobject count
Datingdate made
Date made: 1909
Geographical Provenanceproduction place
Africa -> Western Africa -> Nigeria, Benin
Personsprior source
PRM source: Henry Nilus Thompson, Field collector: Henry Nilus Thompson
Provenanceprior source, provenance
Other Owners, Henry Nilus Thompson
When Collecteddate collected
When collected:
Cultural Groupsethnic attribution
-> Edo
Acquiredaccession date
Acquired: 01/1909
Primary Documentationnotes
Accession book entry: : H.N. THOMPSON Esq. Conservator of Forests, Southern Nigeria. Jan - Rod or sceptre of cast bronze with double human figures at either end, Benin.; Pitt Rivers Museum label: : [old] - BRONZE ROD OR SCEPTRE, CAST BY Cire perdu PROCESS, BENIN CITY, NIGERIA Pres. by H.N. Thompson, Esq., 1909 [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 20/1/2005]
Research Notesnotes
Archaological / Ethnographic
Archival documentation ID
Class
Class: Figure; Class: Insignia; Class: Status
Collection Type
Object
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