Research Notes: Examined by Benin specialist Barbara Blackmun in July 1991. According to Blackmun, this is an unusual style of armlet. Its similarity to a certain type of hairpin suggests that it was probably worn by women. [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 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 bracelet set with four oblong coral beads between four corals on tall notched projections, probably Benin.' [JC 23 1 2002]
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Related collection: Field diary and photocopy of relevant sections of the collector's personal diary in PRM MS collections.