British Museum
Registration Number: Af1944,04.62.a-e
Institution media
9 Images
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Ivie
English designation
Bead
Neck Ornament
Category
Ceremonial Regalia
Personal Adornment
Provenance
Beasley, Harry Geoffrey
Beasley, Irene Marguerite
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
Language: english
Registration Numberobject id
Af1944,04.62.a-e
Object Name - Commentdesignation
Object Name - Object Namedesignation
necklace
Titledesignation
Benin Coral
Title translationdesignation
Title typedesignation
Series
Object History Note / Acquisition Notedescription, provenance, notes
Physical descriptiondescription
Necklace made of beads (coral), fibre (vegetable), wire.
Materialmaterial
coral~fibre~metal
Material - Commentmaterial
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Dimensiondimensions
H~W~X~H~W~X~H~W~X~H~W~X~H~W~X
Dimension commentdimensions
a~a~a~b~b~b~c~c~c~d~d~d~e~e~e
Dimension measurement unitdimensions
cm~cm~cm~cm~cm~cm~cm~cm~cm~cm~cm~cm~cm~cm~cm
Dimension notedimensions
Dimension valuedimensions
37.00~33.00~1.20~32.50~33.00~0.60~34.50~28.80~1.10~34.00~34.20~0.80~34.30~31.50~2.00
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
Technique - Commentproduction technique
Production placeproduction place
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
Beasley, Harry Geoffrey
Acquisition Funding Source Nameprovenance
Acquisition Funding Source Name Associationprovenance
Acquisition Funding Source Name Commentprovenance
Acquisition Nameprovenance
Beasley, Irene Marguerite
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
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
BM/Big No - Number
BM/Big No - Prefix
BM/Big No - item
Collection
DAMS Asset - Number
1613681460;1613681461;1613681462;1613681463;1613697394;1613697395;1613697396;1613697397;1613697398
Other number
Other number - Comment
Other number type
PRN
School/Style
Subject - Comment
Subject - Subject
calc acquisition link.spec acquisition date text
1944