Registration Number: Af1900,0720.21.a-af
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British Museum
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Last Updated: 2022-08-04
Language: English
Registration NumberObject ID
Af1900,0720.21.a-af
Object Name - CommentDesignation
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Object Name - Object NameDesignation
quiver~arrow
TitleDesignation
Title translationDesignation
Title typeDesignation
Object History Note / Acquisition NoteDescription, Provenance, Notes
British Expedition to Benin City, 1897.
Physical descriptionDescription
Double quiver (a) made from gourd and vegetable fibre string. 31 poisoned arrows (b-af) with sharpened cane shafts and leaf fletching.
MaterialMaterial
gourd~fibre~cane~leaf
Material - CommentMaterial
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DimensionDimensions
H~W~X~H~H~W~X
Dimension commentDimensions
a~a~a~b-af (max)~b-af (min)~b-af approx~b-af (approx)
Dimension measurement unitDimensions
cm~cm~cm~cm~cm~cm~cm
Dimension noteDimensions
Dimension valueDimensions
60.80~20.00~9.80~56.30~38.20~1.30~1.00
Dimension value endDimensions
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Inscription languageInscriptions
Inscription positionInscriptions
Inscription translationInscriptions
Inscription typeInscriptions
Production dateDate Made
16thC - 19thC
Production date - CommentDate Made
Producer/Artist - AssociationProducer
Producer/Artist - NameProducer
TechniqueProduction Technique
Technique - CommentProduction Technique
Production placeProduction Place
Nigeria
Production place - AssociationProduction Place
M
Production place - CommentProduction Place
Production place - Site detailsProduction Place
Previous owner - AssociationPrior Source
PO
Previous owner - CommentPrior Source
Previous owner - NamePrior Source
Heneker, William Charles Giffard
Acquisition Funding Source NameProvenance
Acquisition Funding Source Name AssociationProvenance
Acquisition Funding Source Name CommentProvenance
Acquisition NameProvenance
Rollin & Feuardent
Acquisition Name AssociationProvenance
P
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
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
Exhibitions Loans and Displays - Current and PastExhibition History
Exhibited: 1970-1973, London, Museum of Mankind, Divine Kingship in Africa 1993-1997, London, Museum of Mankind, Great Benin: a West African Kingdom
Bibliographic reference - CitationBibliography
Bibliographic reference - CommentBibliography
Bibliographic reference - ReferenceBibliography
ConditionCondition
Good; one arrow has misisng point; one arrow has split and damaged point.