Registration Number: Af1920,1106.10
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British Museum
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Language: English
Registration NumberObject ID
Af1920,1106.10
Object Name - CommentDesignation
Object Name - Object NameDesignation
mask
TitleDesignation
Title translationDesignation
Title typeDesignation
Object History Note / Acquisition NoteDescription, Provenance, Notes
Physical descriptionDescription
Mask in form of human face with supporting female figure below; lost-wax cast in brass. Mask has three raised scarification marks above each eye. Series of small loops around edge of mask.
MaterialMaterial
brass
Material - CommentMaterial
DimensionDimensions
H~W~X~M
Dimension commentDimensions
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Dimension measurement unitDimensions
cm~cm~cm~g
Dimension noteDimensions
Dimension valueDimensions
19.10~9.00~5.50~363.00
Dimension value endDimensions
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Production dateDate Made
16thC(late)-19thC(mid)
Production date - CommentDate Made
?
Producer/Artist - AssociationProducer
Producer/Artist - NameProducer
TechniqueProduction Technique
lost-wax cast
Technique - CommentProduction Technique
Production placeProduction Place
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
Unwin, Arthur Harold
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
See Ethdoc 223 - deposited at the BM 28th April 1920 Presumably '1 bronze masked figure'.
Exhibitions Loans and Displays - Current and PastExhibition History
Bibliographic reference - CitationBibliography
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Bibliographic reference - ReferenceBibliography
ConditionCondition