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Registration Number:
Af1922,0311.1
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Edo designation
Aken'ni Elao
English designation
Altar Tusk
Category
Altar & Shrine Objects
Provenance
British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897
Campbell, Charles
Campbell, F. G.
Location
Great Russell St, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 3DG, United Kingdom
Institution data
Internal Data (eng)
Internal Data (eng)
British Museum
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Last Updated: 2022-08-04
Language:
english
Registration Number
object id
Af1922,0311.1
Object Name - Comment
designation
Object Name - Object Name
designation
altar tusk
Title
designation
Benin Ivory
Title translation
designation
Title type
designation
Series
Object History Note / Acquisition Note
description
,
provenance
,
notes
Physical description
description
Altar tusk; made of elephant ivory carved with human and animal figures in relief.
Material
material
elephant ivory
Material - Comment
material
Dimension
dimensions
Dimension comment
dimensions
Dimension measurement unit
dimensions
Dimension note
dimensions
Dimension value
dimensions
Dimension value end
dimensions
Inscription - Note
inscriptions
Inscription - Quoted
inscriptions
Inscription language
inscriptions
Inscription position
inscriptions
Inscription translation
inscriptions
Inscription type
inscriptions
Production date
date made
16thC - 19thC
Production date - Comment
date made
Producer/Artist - Association
producer
Producer/Artist - Name
producer
Technique
production technique
carved
Technique - Comment
production technique
Production place
production place
Benin City
Production place - Association
production place
Production place - Comment
production place
Production place - Site details
production place
Previous owner - Association
prior source
PO
Previous owner - Comment
prior source
Previous owner - Name
prior source
Campbell, Charles
Acquisition Funding Source Name
provenance
Acquisition Funding Source Name Association
provenance
Acquisition Funding Source Name Comment
provenance
Acquisition Name
provenance
Campbell, F G
Acquisition Name Association
provenance
Acquisition Name Comment
provenance
Excavation/Field Collection Note
provenance
Looted during British
Expedition
to Benin City, 1897.
Excavator/Field collector - Association
provenance
FC
Excavator/Field collector - Name
provenance
Campbell, Charles
Associated event - Association
event
Associated event - Event
event
Associated place
place collected
Associated place - Association
place collected
Findspot - Association
place collected
Findspot - Comment
place collected
Findspot - Place
place collected
Benin City
Findspot - Site details
place collected
Associated name - Association
reign associated name
Associated name - Comment
reign associated name
Associated name - Name
reign associated name
Associated ethnic name - Association
ethnic attribution
Associated ethnic name - Ethnic Name
ethnic attribution
Production ethnic name - Association
ethnic attribution
Production ethnic name - Comment
ethnic attribution
Production ethnic name - Ethnic Name
ethnic attribution
Edo
Responsible department
department and institution
Comment
notes
See Collection File: Af1922,0311.
Exhibitions Loans and Displays - Current and Past
exhibition 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 - Citation
bibliography
Bibliographic reference - Comment
bibliography
Bibliographic reference - Reference
bibliography
Condition
condition
BM/Big No - Number
BM/Big No - Prefix
BM/Big No - item
Collection
DAMS Asset - Number
Other number
Other number - Comment
Other number type
PRN
School/Style
Subject - Comment
Subject - Subject
calc acquisition link.spec acquisition date text
1922