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: 'A similar ornament [to 1991.13.32], not gilt, the mudfish engraved with bands of dot and dash, single eye borders.' [JC 23 1 2002]
Archaological / Ethnographic
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Class: Music; Class: Ornament; Class: Figure
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Object
Related Collections
Related collection: Field diary and photocopy of relevant sections of the collector's personal diary in PRM MS collections.