Registration Number: Af1947,18.40
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Registration NumberObject ID
Af1947,18.40
Object Name - CommentDesignation
Object Name - Object NameDesignation
pendant mask
TitleDesignation
Title translationDesignation
Title typeDesignation
Object History Note / Acquisition NoteDescription, Provenance, Notes
Physical descriptionDescription
Pendant mask; hip ornament; lost-wax cast in brass. In form of human face with openwork beaded headdress and beaded udaeha band across forehead. Three scarification marks above each eye; pupils inlaid with iron nails; metal panel along nose decorated with cross-hatching. Projecting decorative flange around lower face decorated with stylised mudfish riveted to base with iron nails; small suspension loops below. Single suspension loop at bottom of mask and two side loops.
MaterialMaterial
brass~iron
Material - CommentMaterial
~
DimensionDimensions
H~W~X~M
Dimension commentDimensions
~~~
Dimension measurement unitDimensions
cm~cm~cm~g
Dimension noteDimensions
39
Dimension valueDimensions
19.30~13.40~5.70~543.00
Dimension value endDimensions
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Inscription - NoteInscriptions
Inscription - QuotedInscriptions
Inscription languageInscriptions
Inscription positionInscriptions
Inscription translationInscriptions
Inscription typeInscriptions
Production dateDate Made
16thC(late)-19thC(mid)
Production date - CommentDate Made
?
Producer/Artist - AssociationProducer
Producer/Artist - NameProducer
TechniqueProduction Technique
lost-wax cast~inlaid~riveted
Technique - CommentProduction Technique
~~
Production placeProduction Place
Benin City
Production place - AssociationProduction Place
M
Production place - CommentProduction Place
Production place - Site detailsProduction Place
Previous owner - AssociationPrior Source
Previous owner - CommentPrior Source
Previous owner - NamePrior Source
Acquisition Funding Source NameProvenance
Acquisition Funding Source Name AssociationProvenance
Acquisition Funding Source Name CommentProvenance
Acquisition NameProvenance
Smith, Philip
Acquisition Name AssociationProvenance
P
Acquisition Name CommentProvenance
executors of
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
F
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
M
Production ethnic name - CommentEthnic Attribution
Production ethnic name - Ethnic NameEthnic Attribution
Edo
Responsible departmentDepartment and Institution
E
CommentNotes
Such hip ornaments are commissioned and worn by senior members of the men's associations based in the Oba's palace in Benin City. They are worn tied over a sash on the left hip.
Exhibitions Loans and Displays - Current and PastExhibition History
Bibliographic reference - CitationBibliography
Bibliographic reference - CommentBibliography
Bibliographic reference - ReferenceBibliography
ConditionCondition
Fair; missing mudfish pendant on collar; lower half of central mudfish pendant broken off. Upper suspension loop missing. White granular surface deposits inside and outside mask.