British Museum
Registration Number: Af1897,-.649
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Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Aken'ni Elao
English designation
Altar Tusk
Category
Altar & Shrine Objects
Provenance
British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897
Hale & Son
Neville, George William
Read, Charles Hercules
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
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Registration Numberobject id
Af1897,-.649
Object Name - Commentdesignation
Object Name - Object Namedesignation
altar tusk
Titledesignation
Benin Ivory
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Series
Object History Note / Acquisition Notedescription, provenance, notes
Objects of ivory and brass 'captured at the fall of Benin City' were auctioned by Hale & Son on 18 August 1897. This altar tusk corresponds to Lot 40 and was purchased for the Museum by Charles Hercules Read for £29.
Physical descriptiondescription
Altar tusk; made of elephant ivory carved with human and animal figures in relief.
Materialmaterial
elephant ivory
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Inscription - Noteinscriptions
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Production datedate made
18thC
Production date - Commentdate made
circa
Producer/Artist - Associationproducer
Producer/Artist - Nameproducer
Techniqueproduction technique
carved
Technique - Commentproduction technique
Production placeproduction place
Benin City
Production place - Associationproduction place
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
Hale & Son
Acquisition Name Associationprovenance
Acquisition Name Commentprovenance
18 August 1897, Lot 40
Excavation/Field Collection Noteprovenance
Looted during the British Expeditionto Benin City, 1897.
Excavator/Field collector - Associationprovenance
FC
Excavator/Field collector - Nameprovenance
Neville, George William
Associated event - Associationevent
Associated event - Eventevent
Associated placeplace collected
Associated place - Associationplace collected
Findspot - Associationplace collected
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
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
Exhibited: 1970-1973, London, Museum of Mankind, Divine Kingship in Africa
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Conditioncondition
Fair; sections missing from base.
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Collection
DAMS Asset - Number
466529001
Other number
Af1897C3.649
Other number - Comment
old CDMS no.
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Subject - Subject
calc acquisition link.spec acquisition date text
1897