British Museum
Registration Number: 2014,2011.277
Institution media
3 Images
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Okhuo
English designation
Female Figure
Category
Figures
Provenance
Ingrams, Leila
Ingrams, William Harold
LocationGreat Russell St, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 3DG, United Kingdom
Institution data
Internal Data (eng)
British Museum
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Last Updated: 2022-08-04
Language: english
Registration Numberobject id
2014,2011.277
Object Name - Commentdesignation
Object Name - Object Namedesignation
figure
Titledesignation
Title translationdesignation
Title typedesignation
Object History Note / Acquisition Notedescription, provenance, notes
This collection was made by the donor’s father, Harold Ingrams OBE CMG, who was appointed Assistant District Commissioner to Zanzibar in 1919, and who went on to serve as Private Secretary both to the British Resident and to the Sultan of Zanzibar until he left in 1927.
Physical descriptiondescription
Female figure holding child; lost-wax cast in brass. Wears beaded necklace and headdress/hairstyle with coral beads. Figure cut off at waist.
Materialmaterial
brass
Material - Commentmaterial
Dimensiondimensions
H~W~X~M
Dimension commentdimensions
~~~
Dimension measurement unitdimensions
cm~cm~cm~g
Dimension notedimensions
Dimension valuedimensions
12.00~7.00~7.10~324.00
Dimension value enddimensions
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Inscription - Noteinscriptions
Inscription - Quotedinscriptions
Inscription languageinscriptions
Inscription positioninscriptions
Inscription translationinscriptions
Inscription typeinscriptions
Production datedate made
20thC(early)
Production date - Commentdate made
Producer/Artist - Associationproducer
Producer/Artist - Nameproducer
Techniqueproduction technique
lost-wax cast
Technique - Commentproduction technique
Production placeproduction place
Nigeria~Benin City
Production place - Associationproduction place
M~M
Production place - Commentproduction place
~?
Production place - Site detailsproduction place
Previous owner - Associationprior source
PO
Previous owner - Commentprior source
Previous owner - Nameprior source
Ingrams, William Harold
Acquisition Funding Source Nameprovenance
Acquisition Funding Source Name Associationprovenance
Acquisition Funding Source Name Commentprovenance
Acquisition Nameprovenance
Ingrams, Leila
Acquisition Name Associationprovenance
Acquisition Name Commentprovenance
Excavation/Field Collection Noteprovenance
Excavator/Field collector - Associationprovenance
Excavator/Field collector - Nameprovenance
Associated event - Associationevent
Associated event - Eventevent
Associated placeplace collected
Associated place - Associationplace collected
Findspot - Associationplace collected
Findspot - Commentplace collected
Findspot - Placeplace collected
Africa
Findspot - Site detailsplace collected
Associated name - Associationreign associated name
Associated name - Commentreign associated name
Associated name - Namereign associated name
Associated ethnic name - Associationethnic attribution
Associated ethnic name - Ethnic Nameethnic attribution
Production ethnic name - Associationethnic attribution
Production ethnic name - Commentethnic attribution
Production ethnic name - Ethnic Nameethnic attribution
Edo
Responsible departmentdepartment and institution
Commentnotes
Exhibitions Loans and Displays - Current and Pastexhibition history
Bibliographic reference - Citationbibliography
Bibliographic reference - Commentbibliography
Bibliographic reference - Referencebibliography
Conditioncondition
Fair; large area of corrosion at back of figure. White deposits on front of figure.
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BM/Big No - item
Collection
DAMS Asset - Number
1613650467;1613650496;1613650497
Other number
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Other number type
PRN
School/Style
Subject - Comment
Subject - Subject
calc acquisition link.spec acquisition date text
2014