Registration Number: Af1920,1106.7.a-b
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British Museum
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Last Updated: 2022-08-04
Language: English
Registration NumberObject ID
Af1920,1106.7.a-b
Object Name - CommentDesignation
Object Name - Object NameDesignation
cross-bow
TitleDesignation
Title translationDesignation
Title typeDesignation
Object History Note / Acquisition NoteDescription, Provenance, Notes
Physical descriptionDescription
Cross-bow made of wood; stock (a) and bow (b).
MaterialMaterial
wood
Material - CommentMaterial
DimensionDimensions
H~W~X~H~W~X~H~W~X~X
Dimension commentDimensions
a+b~a+b~a+b~a~a~a~b~b~b: min~b: max
Dimension measurement unitDimensions
cm~cm~cm~cm~cm~cm~cm~cm~cm~cm
Dimension noteDimensions
part b
Dimension valueDimensions
9.50~69.50~75.50~9.50~4.90~75.50~6.00~69.80~3.00~16.60
Dimension value endDimensions
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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
Nigeria
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
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 - Objects selected by T A Joyce This is presumably: '1. One Cross Bow from Northern Benin.'
Exhibitions Loans and Displays - Current and PastExhibition History
Exhibited: 1970-1973, London, Museum of Mankind, Divine Kingship in Africa
Bibliographic reference - CitationBibliography
Bibliographic reference - CommentBibliography
Bibliographic reference - ReferenceBibliography
ConditionCondition
1613693630;1613694650;1613694651;1613694652;1613694653;1613694654;1613694655;1613693631