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World Museum, National Museums Liverpool
Accession Number:
17.7.06.1
Institution media
1 Images
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Oroka
English designation
Finger Ring
Category
Personal Adornment
Provenance
Frederickson
Location
William Brown St, Liverpool L3 8EN, United Kingdom
Institution data
Internal Data (eng)
Internal Data (eng)
World Museum, National Museums Liverpool
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Last Updated: 2022-01-06
Language:
english
Accession Number
object id
17.7.06.1
Object Name
designation
,
object type
Personal Ornament
Description - Historic
description
Description - Online label/0
description
,
provenance
Finger ring carved from nutshell with incised hatched decoration. As yet nothing is known about the Mr Frederickson, from whom the museum purchased the ring in 1906.
Description - Online label/1
description
Materials
material
Nut shell
Measurements
dimensions
Overall: 11 mm x 24 mm x 27 mm
Object Type
object type
Finger Ring
Item Count
object count
1,00
Date Made
date made
1906 Before
Place Made
production place
Africa: Western Africa: Nigeria: Southern Nigeria: Benin City
Collector
prior source
Frederickson
Credit Line
prior source
Purchased From Frederickson, 1906
Date Collected
date collected
1906 Before
Place Collected
place collected
Africa: Western Africa: Nigeria: Southern Nigeria: Benin City
Culture
ethnic attribution
Edo [Bini]
Legal Status
legal status
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Category
Globalisation: Africa