Research Notes: 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 Expeditionof 1897 on Deposit at Maidstone Museum' (copy in RDF). The entry for this object reads: 'A silver-plated copy of a Benin eben, with carved ivory plaques about the grip, part of ring handle covered with reptilian skin, by Mappin and Webb. 40 in. long.' [JC 23 1 2002]
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Class: Weapon; Class: Ritual and Ceremonial; Class: Trade; Class: Writing
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Related Collections
Related collection: Field diary and photocopy of relevant sections of the collector's personal diary in PRM MS collections.