Additional Pitt Rivers Museum documentation: : [Acquisition entry] Sent to the Museum on 1 October 2001 by Simon Dumas as an addition to the Dumas-Egerton collection (PRM 1991.13) on long-term loan to the Museum since 1991; see RDF for related correspondence. [JC 4/10/2001]; Documentation: : See RDF for lists and notes.
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 (with 1991.13.40, 1991.13.41, 1991.13.43, 1991.13.44) reads: 'Four agate beads, two of cornelian, two of red jasper; and one bead of dark porphoritic stone, all of lenticular form.' [JC 16 1 2002 / 23 1 2002]
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Class: Bead; Class: Ornament
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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.