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Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Reg No.:
12375
Institution media
1 Images
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Ukhurhẹ
English designation
Ancestral Staff
Category
Altar & Shrine Objects
Staffs
Provenance
Oldman, William Ockelford
Rogers, H. E.
Location
Cäcilienstraße 29-33, 50676 Köln, Germany
Institution data
Internal Data (eng)
Internal Data (eng)
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
The data was transferred directly by the institution.
Last Updated: 2022-07-27
Language:
english
Additional Ids
object id
190410
Additional Ids / bundle
object id
RJM 1904/10
Other numbers
object id
4332 (old inventory number)
Reg No.
object id
12375
Reg. No / Inventory number
object id
RJM 12375
Object name
designation
,
object type
ceremonial staff
Object name / Title
designation
Ancestral Staff (ukhurhe)
materials
material
wood, vegetable fibre; snail shell (cowrie), fibre
Dimension/s
dimensions
H.121,50cm D. 6.3cm
previous owner/collector
prior source
William Ockelford Oldman, London based dealer in ethnographic objects
provenance
provenance
until 10.08.1903, H. E. Rogers; 10.08.1903 - 14.07.1904, William Ockelford Oldman (purchase)
Institution
department and institution
Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum - Cultures of the World, Cologne
Institution acquisition date
accession date
7/14/04
Acquisition details
accession method
purchase
comments
notes
Oldman purchased "Benin Ceremonial Staff" according to his business books (s. Originalnr.) on 10.8.1903 from Rogers (Info by Tim Teuten 2012).
Copyright
license
©Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt, Cologne
notes concerning "other numbers"
Probably inventory number W.D. Webster