Registration Number: Af1920,1106.9
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Registration NumberObject ID
Af1920,1106.9
Object Name - CommentDesignation
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Object Name - Object NameDesignation
figure~aquamanile
TitleDesignation
Title translationDesignation
Title typeDesignation
Object History Note / Acquisition NoteDescription, Provenance, Notes
Physical descriptionDescription
Cast bronze aquamanile, or leopard-shaped jug.
MaterialMaterial
bronze
Material - CommentMaterial
DimensionDimensions
H~W~X~M
Dimension commentDimensions
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Dimension measurement unitDimensions
cm~cm~cm~g
Dimension noteDimensions
Dimension valueDimensions
15.40~6.30~22.00~2149.00
Dimension value endDimensions
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Production dateDate Made
16thC - 19thC
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 - Objects selected by T A Joyce This is presumably: '13. Bronze leopard from Benin, which was supposed to have been made to celebrate the first arrival of Moor, or the Governor in Benin. Sir Ralph Moor was the first Governor and from him the Benin people took their vernacular name for Governor.'
Exhibitions Loans and Displays - Current and PastExhibition History
Bibliographic reference - CitationBibliography
Bibliographic reference - CommentBibliography
Bibliographic reference - ReferenceBibliography
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