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Registration Number:
Af1947,18.107.a-b
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Edo designation
Uko Ẹkhaẹ
English designation
Powder Keg
Category
Containers
Provenance
Smith, Philip Creasey
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
Af1947,18.107.a-b
Object Name - Comment
designation
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Object Name - Object Name
designation
barrel~box~stopper
Title
designation
Title translation
designation
Title type
designation
Object History Note / Acquisition Note
description
,
provenance
,
notes
Physical description
description
Composite keg (a) made of wood covered with sheet brass with repoussé design of Portugese heads and guilloche. Stopper (b) made of wood in form of carved human head.
Material
material
wood~brass
Material - Comment
material
Dimension
dimensions
H~H~W~X~H~W~X
Dimension comment
dimensions
a+b~a~a~a~b~b~b
Dimension measurement unit
dimensions
cm~cm~cm~cm~cm~cm~cm
Dimension note
dimensions
With stopper Af1947,18.107b.
Dimension value
dimensions
23.50~21.40~16.50~18.30~8.40~3.10~3.30
Dimension value end
dimensions
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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
repoussé~carved
Technique - Comment
production technique
Production place
production place
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
Smith, Philip
Acquisition Name Association
provenance
Acquisition Name Comment
provenance
executors of
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
Exhibitions Loans and Displays - Current and Past
exhibition history
Exhibited: 1993-1997, London, Museum of Mankind, Great Benin: a West African Kingdom
Bibliographic reference - Citation
bibliography
Roth 1903
Bibliographic reference - Comment
bibliography
drawing by Cyril Punch
Bibliographic reference - Reference
bibliography
p.129, fig.139
Condition
condition
BM/Big No - Number
BM/Big No - Prefix
BM/Big No - item
Collection
DAMS Asset - Number
575710001;1613691255;1613691266;1613691303;1613691304;1613691305;1613691306;1613691307
Other number
B1/15
Other number - Comment
Dark: Benin catalogue number
Other number type
Miscellaneous number
PRN
School/Style
Subject - Comment
Subject - Subject
calc acquisition link.spec acquisition date text
1947