Accession Number: 1934.46.3
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Pitt Rivers Museum
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Language: English
Accession NumberObject ID
1934.46.3
DescriptionDescription
Palm wood weaving sword. Roughly rectangular in shape, tapering to a blunt point at one end and at the other end terminating in a rectangular butt with a rounded end. [EH [OPS Move] 4/5/2017]
Material / ProcessMaterial
Material of original: Palm Wood Plant
DimensionsDimensions
Length: max 940,00 mm; max 7,00 mm; Width: max 26,00 mm
KeywordsObject Type
Keyword: Weaving Accessory; Keyword: Loom Part
No. of objectsObject Count
1
DatingDate Made
Date made: 1934
Geographical ProvenanceProduction Place
Africa -> Western Africa -> Nigeria, Benin
PersonsPrior Source
PRM source: A.G.C. Somerhough
ProvenancePrior Source, Provenance
Other Owners, A.G.C. Somerhough
When CollectedDate Collected
When collected:
Cultural GroupsEthnic Attribution
-> Edo
AcquiredAccession Date
Acquired: 11/1934
Primary DocumentationNotes
Accession book entry: : ‘A. G. C. SOMERHOUGH. Nov... - Loom-sword of palm-wood, for beating in the weft, BENIN, S. NIGERIA'; Pitt Rivers Museum label: : [Glued to object] - Weaving 'sword' for loom. BENIN, S. NIGERIA. d.d. A.G.C. Somerhough, 1934 [EH [OPS Move] 4/5/2017]; Written on object: : 7294 Benin [EH [OPS Move] 4/5/2017]; Documentation: : Listed as no RO/2 on p. 2.1.33 in Philip J. C. Dark, An Illustrated Catalogue of Benin Art, Boston, MA: G. K. Hall, 1982.
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