British Museum
Registration Number: Af1922,0313.2.a-b
Institution media
4 Images
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Uzokpo
English designation
Lidded bowl
Category
Containers
Provenance
British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897
Campbell, Charles
Campbell, F. G.
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
Af1922,0313.2.a-b
Object Name - Commentdesignation
Object Name - Object Namedesignation
bowl~lid
Titledesignation
Title translationdesignation
Title typedesignation
Object History Note / Acquisition Notedescription, provenance, notes
British Expeditionto Benin City, 1897.
Physical descriptiondescription
Bowl (a) and lid (b) made of wood and covered in embossed sheet brass. Bowl has five projections at top.
Materialmaterial
wood~brass
Material - Commentmaterial
Dimensiondimensions
H~H~W~X~H~W~X
Dimension commentdimensions
a+b~a~a~a~b~b~b
Dimension measurement unitdimensions
cm~cm~cm~cm~cm~cm~cm
Dimension notedimensions
Dimension valuedimensions
29.20~11.60~30.80~31.20~17.40~32.20~33.50
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~embossed
Technique - Commentproduction technique
Production placeproduction place
Benin City
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
Campbell, Charles
Acquisition Funding Source Nameprovenance
Acquisition Funding Source Name Associationprovenance
Acquisition Funding Source Name Commentprovenance
Acquisition Nameprovenance
Campbell, F G
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
Plankensteiner 2007: This uncommon bowl entirely covered with brass sheet has five feet and is a precious container specially made for use in palace rituals. It may have served as a vessel used by ritual specialists in preparing medicines. It also could have been used for storing food, This type of five-legged bowl reminds tripod cooking pots but couldn't possibly have been used for that purpose. Containers like this are spirit containing vesels, which are connected with spiritual powers, wealth annd authority of the Oba.
Exhibitions Loans and Displays - Current and Pastexhibition history
Exhibited: 1970-1973, London, Museum of Mankind, Divine Kingship in Africa 2007 May-Sept, Vienna, Museum für Völkerkunde, Benin. Kings and Rituals: Court Arts from Nigeria 2007-2008 Oct-Jan, Paris, Musée du quai Branly, Benin. Kings and Rituals: Court Arts from Nigeria 2008 Feb-May, Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum, Benin. Kings and Rituals: Court Arts from Nigeria
Bibliographic reference - Citationbibliography
Plankensteiner 2007
Bibliographic reference - Commentbibliography
Bibliographic reference - Referencebibliography
92
Conditioncondition
BM/Big No - Number
BM/Big No - Prefix
BM/Big No - item
Collection
DAMS Asset - Number
167394001;506859001;1613686511;1613686512
Other number
Other number - Comment
Other number type
PRN
School/Style
Subject - Comment
Subject - Subject
calc acquisition link.spec acquisition date text
1922