Registration Number: Af1897,1217.5
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Registration NumberObject ID
Af1897,1217.5
Object Name - CommentDesignation
Object Name - Object NameDesignation
waist-pendant
TitleDesignation
Title translationDesignation
Title typeDesignation
Object History Note / Acquisition NoteDescription, Provenance, Notes
During the British Expedition to Benin City (Edo) in 1897 objects made of brass, ivory, coral and wood were looted by British soldiers from the royal palace, its storerooms and compounds. Some of these objects were sold or exchanged on the coast. However, many were brought to the UK where they were sold through private auction, donated to museums, or retained by soldiers of the expedition. See Collection File: Af1897,1217.1-6.
Physical descriptionDescription
Waist pendant; lost-wax cast in brass. U-shaped in form with single large suspension loop at top. Depicts central female figure in relief. Figure wears coral bead ornaments, skirt and headdress, and holds mirror charm in right proper hand. Series of small loops around outer edge of pendant for susension of crotals or bells.
MaterialMaterial
brass
Material - CommentMaterial
DimensionDimensions
H~W~X~M
Dimension commentDimensions
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Dimension measurement unitDimensions
cm~cm~cm~g
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Dimension valueDimensions
13.50~10.00~4.90~218.00
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Production dateDate Made
17thC-18thC
Production date - CommentDate Made
?
Producer/Artist - AssociationProducer
Producer/Artist - NameProducer
TechniqueProduction Technique
lost-wax cast
Technique - CommentProduction Technique
Production placeProduction Place
Benin City
Production place - AssociationProduction Place
M
Production place - CommentProduction Place
Production place - Site detailsProduction Place
Previous owner - AssociationPrior Source
Previous owner - CommentPrior Source
Previous owner - NamePrior Source
Acquisition Funding Source NameProvenance
Acquisition Funding Source Name AssociationProvenance
Acquisition Funding Source Name CommentProvenance
Acquisition NameProvenance
Roth, Henry Ling
Acquisition Name AssociationProvenance
P
Acquisition Name CommentProvenance
Excavation/Field Collection NoteProvenance
This waist-pendant was looted from Benin City in 1897 by Felix Roth who served as Advance Surgeon on the British Expedition.
Excavator/Field collector - AssociationProvenance
FC
Excavator/Field collector - NameProvenance
Roth, Felix Norman
Associated event - AssociationEvent
Associated event - EventEvent
Associated placePlace Collected
Associated place - AssociationPlace Collected
Findspot - AssociationPlace Collected
F
Findspot - CommentPlace Collected
Findspot - PlacePlace Collected
Benin City
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
M
Production ethnic name - CommentEthnic Attribution
Production ethnic name - Ethnic NameEthnic Attribution
Edo
Responsible departmentDepartment and Institution
E
CommentNotes
Read & Dalton 1899: Pendent ornament (?) formed of a half-oval plate of bronze edged with rings, and having in relief a female figure wearing a close cap of beadwork with long cheek-pieces and a crest line of radiating spikes. She has a stout neck ring of beads, a crossbelt, short petticoat, and anklets all apparently of beadwork. She holds up in the right hand a square platter-like object. At the back of the head is a large loop for suspension.
Exhibitions Loans and Displays - Current and PastExhibition History
Exhibited: 1970-1973, London, Museum of Mankind, Divine Kingship in Africa
Bibliographic reference - CitationBibliography
Read & Dalton 1899
Bibliographic reference - CommentBibliography
Bibliographic reference - ReferenceBibliography
pl XI.5
ConditionCondition
Good; suspension rings bent inwards at lower left proper.