British Museum
Registration Number: Af1948,18.1
Institution media
6 Images
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Uhunmwu-Elao
English designation
Commemorative Head
Category
Altar & Shrine Objects
Heads
Provenance
Coles, A. 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
Language: english
Registration Numberobject id
Af1948,18.1
Object Name - Commentdesignation
Object Name - Object Namedesignation
sculpture
Titledesignation
Title translationdesignation
Title typedesignation
Object History Note / Acquisition Notedescription, provenance, notes
Given to the donor at Asaba, southern Nigeria in 1903 by a Colour Sergeant of the Southern Nigeria Regiment. Collected during a military expeditionagainst the so-called Ekumeku (lit. 'the silent ones') a resistance faction formed of various southern Nigerian states opposed to the imposition of British colonial rule and its policies.
Physical descriptiondescription
Sculpture, head; lost-wax cast in brass. Human head with tiered hairstyle and cat's whisker markings at sides of mouth. Wears deep beaded collar. Hole in top of head.
Materialmaterial
brass
Material - Commentmaterial
Dimensiondimensions
H~W~X~M
Dimension commentdimensions
~~~
Dimension measurement unitdimensions
cm~cm~cm~g
Dimension notedimensions
Dimension valuedimensions
7.30~4.70~4.80~165.00
Dimension value enddimensions
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Inscription - Noteinscriptions
Inscription - Quotedinscriptions
Inscription languageinscriptions
Inscription positioninscriptions
Inscription translationinscriptions
Inscription typeinscriptions
Production datedate made
19thC(late)
Production date - Commentdate made
circa
Producer/Artist - Associationproducer
Producer/Artist - Nameproducer
Techniqueproduction technique
lost-wax cast
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
Previous owner - Commentprior source
Previous owner - Nameprior source
Acquisition Funding Source Nameprovenance
Acquisition Funding Source Name Associationprovenance
Acquisition Funding Source Name Commentprovenance
Acquisition Nameprovenance
Coles, A 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
Asaba
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
See Collection File: Af1948,18.1 (includes note from A G Coles in the Christy Correspondence).~Register 1948: Bronze head, miniature, with hole in crown, a deep collar representing bead necklaces.
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
Good.
BM/Big No - Number
BM/Big No - Prefix
BM/Big No - item
Collection
DAMS Asset - Number
129129001;547121001;547122001;1613650439;1613650440;1613650441
Other number
Other number - Comment
Other number type
PRN
School/Style
Subject - Comment
Subject - Subject
calc acquisition link.spec acquisition date text
1948