Research Notes: The Dumas-Egerton Collection, of which this is part, was examined by Hermione Waterfield of Christie's in 1984, and a document, dated 7th December 1984, was produced with the title 'Part of the Nigerian Art Collected by Admiral Sir George Le Cler[c] Egerton on the Benin Expeditionof 1897 on Deposit at Maidstone Museum' (see RDF). The entry for this object reads: 'Four Benin gilt mudfish engraved with scalework and with double eye borders, formed as links alternating with broad open oval links each suspending a spherical bell engraved with scalework and gilt.' [JC 23 1 2002]
Examined by Hermione Waterfield on 29 January 2002. In an e-mail (not kept) of 30 January to Jeremy Coote, she pointed out how items with gilding can be dated to 'the period of the revival, i.e. 1680-1730', and that this item belongs to that period. [JC 30 1 2002]
Archaological / Ethnographic
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Class
Class: Music; Class: Ornament; Class: Figure
Collection Type
Object
Related Collections
Related collection: Field diary and photocopy of relevant sections of the collector's personal diary in PRM MS collections.