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British Museum
Registration Number:
Af1939,07.32
Institution media
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Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Uhunmwu-Elao
English designation
Commemorative Head
Category
Altar & Shrine Objects
Heads
Provenance
Brice-Smith, H. M.
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
Af1939,07.32
Object Name - Comment
designation
Object Name - Object Name
designation
commemorative head
Title
designation
Title translation
designation
Title type
designation
Object History Note / Acquisition Note
description
,
provenance
,
notes
Physical description
description
Commemorative head; made of wood covered with sheet brass. In form of human head.
Material
material
wood~brass
Material - Comment
material
Dimension
dimensions
H~W~X
Dimension comment
dimensions
~~
Dimension measurement unit
dimensions
cm~cm~cm
Dimension note
dimensions
Dimension value
dimensions
60.50~26.50~26.40
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~embossed
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
Previous owner - Comment
prior source
Previous owner - Name
prior source
Acquisition Funding Source Name
provenance
Acquisition Funding Source Name Association
provenance
Acquisition Funding Source Name Comment
provenance
Acquisition Name
provenance
Brice Smith, H M
Acquisition Name Association
provenance
Acquisition Name Comment
provenance
Excavation/Field Collection Note
provenance
Excavator/Field collector - Association
provenance
Excavator/Field collector - Name
provenance
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
Register 1939: 'Head from a shrine in the house of Iyasheri Obaseki of Benin City, recovered when he was coverted to Christianity in 1917."
Exhibitions Loans and Displays - Current and Past
exhibition history
Exhibited: 1970-1973, London, Museum of Mankind, Divine Kingship in Africa
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
1613691295;1613691296;1613691297;1613691298;1613691299;1613691300;1613691301;1613691302
Other number
Other number - Comment
Other number type
PRN
School/Style
Subject - Comment
Subject - Subject
calc acquisition link.spec acquisition date text
1939