British Museum
Registration Number: Af1900,0720.5
Institution media
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Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Akohẹn/Oko
English designation
Horn or Flute
Category
Musical Instruments
Provenance
British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897
Heneker, William Charles Giffard
Rollin & Feuardent
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
Af1900,0720.5
Object Name - Commentdesignation
?~
Object Name - Object Namedesignation
musical horn~rattle
Titledesignation
Benin Ivory
Title translationdesignation
Title typedesignation
Series
Object History Note / Acquisition Notedescription, provenance, notes
Physical descriptiondescription
Musical rorn, rattle carved from ivory. Animal and human eyes inlaid wiht ?wood or ?coconut shell
Materialmaterial
elephant ivory~coconut shell~wood
Material - Commentmaterial
~?~?
Dimensiondimensions
H~W~X~X
Dimension commentdimensions
~~~max
Dimension measurement unitdimensions
cm~cm~cm~cm
Dimension notedimensions
Dimension valuedimensions
31.70~3.80~4.40~12.80
Dimension value enddimensions
~~~
Inscription - Noteinscriptions
Inscription - Quotedinscriptions
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
carved
Technique - Commentproduction technique
Production placeproduction place
Production place - Associationproduction place
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
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
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
Bibliographic reference - Citationbibliography
Bibliographic reference - Commentbibliography
Bibliographic reference - Referencebibliography
Conditioncondition
Fair; chipped and delaminating slightly at base. Chipped at tip and at right propoer side of rectangular inset.
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BM/Big No - item
Collection
DAMS Asset - Number
185708001;506694001;1613711370;1613711371;1613711373;1613711374;1613711670;1613711671;1613711672;1613711673
Other number
Other number - Comment
Other number type
PRN
School/Style
Subject - Comment
Subject - Subject
calc acquisition link.spec acquisition date text
1900