British Museum
Registration Number: Af1949,46.158
Institution media
3 Images
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Okpia
English designation
Male Figure
Portuguese Figure
Category
Figures
Provenance
Oldman, Dorothy K.
Oldman, William Ockelford
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
Af1949,46.158
Object Name - Commentdesignation
Object Name - Object Namedesignation
figure
Titledesignation
Title translationdesignation
Title typedesignation
Object History Note / Acquisition Notedescription, provenance, notes
Physical descriptiondescription
Cast brass figure of a Portuguese soldier firing a crossbow. Both legs are broken off below the knees.
Materialmaterial
brass~iron
Material - Commentmaterial
Dimensiondimensions
H~W~X~M
Dimension commentdimensions
~~~
Dimension measurement unitdimensions
cm~cm~cm~kg
Dimension notedimensions
Dimension valuedimensions
34.50~26.50~14.00~4.60
Dimension value enddimensions
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Inscription - Noteinscriptions
Inscription - Quotedinscriptions
Inscription languageinscriptions
Inscription positioninscriptions
Inscription translationinscriptions
Inscription typeinscriptions
Production datedate made
16thC
Production date - Commentdate made
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
PO
Previous owner - Commentprior source
Previous owner - Nameprior source
Oldman, William Ockelford
Acquisition Funding Source Nameprovenance
Art Fund
Acquisition Funding Source Name Associationprovenance
CF
Acquisition Funding Source Name Commentprovenance
as NACF
Acquisition Nameprovenance
Oldman, D K
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 1995-96, London, Museum of Mankind, Made in Africa: Africa and the National Art Collection Fund 2003-2004 Oct-Jan, London, Hayward Gallery, Saved! 100 Years of the National Art Collections Fund 2004 Jun-Aug, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Centro Cultural de la Fundacio 'la Caixa', Africa: The Invention of the Human Body 2004 Sep-Oct, Tarragona, Spain, Centro Social y Cultural de la Fundacio 'la Caixa', Africa: The Invention of the Human Body 2004-2005 Nov-Jan, Valencia, Spain, Sala de exposiciones l'Almondi, Africa: The Invention of the Human Body 2005 Feb-Apr, Zaragoza, Spain, La Lonja, Africa: The Invention of the Human Body 2007-2008 Apr-Oct, Bristol, Empire and Commonwealth Museum, Slavery, Abolition and the Making of Modern Britain 2011 6 Oct-2012 19 Feb, London, BM, Grayson Perry: The Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman 2017-2018 07 December - 25 February, Moscow, Kremlin Museums, Lords of the Ocean: Treasures of the Portugese Empire in 16th - 18th Centuries.
Bibliographic reference - Citationbibliography
Bibliographic reference - Commentbibliography
Bibliographic reference - Referencebibliography
Conditioncondition
This casting has been shattered by corrosion and expansion of the iron rods set inside the legs and ankles to strengthen weak points.
BM/Big No - Number
BM/Big No - Prefix
BM/Big No - item
Collection
DAMS Asset - Number
250033001;576825001;1002110001
Other number
Other number - Comment
Other number type
PRN
School/Style
Subject - Comment
Subject - Subject
soldier~arms/armour
calc acquisition link.spec acquisition date text
1949