1991.13.13

Cast brass armlet with spiral design.

Material of original: Brass Metal

Height: max 130,00 mm

Keyword: Arm Ornament

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Date made: 1897

Africa -> Western Africa -> Nigeria, Benin

PRM source: Dumas-Egerton Trust, Field collector: Benin City Punitive Expedition, Field collector: George le Clerc Egerton

When collected:

-> Edo

Acquired: 1991

Accession book entry: : There does not appear to be an accession book entry for this object.; Documentation: : See RDF for lists and notes.

Research Notes: Examined by Benin specialist Barbara Blackmun in July 1991. This piece is unique in her experience. [LMM 7 1991 ?; JC 9 7 2000] The Dumas-Egerton Collection, of which this is part, was examined by Hermione Waterfield of Christie's in May 1984; see 'Part of the Nigerian Art Collected by Admiral Sir George Le Cler[c] Egerton on the Benin Expedition of 1897 on Deposit at Maidstone Museum' (copy in RDF). The entry for this object reads: 'A Benin armlet conceived as alternating copper and bronze spirals engraved with a central zigzag flanked by chevrons divided by a ridge, each end terminating in a crocodile head.' [JC 23 1 2002]

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Class: Ornament

Object

Related collection: Field diary and photocopy of relevant sections of the collector's personal diary in PRM MS collections.