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British Museum
Registration Number:
Af1949,46.175
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Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Iyeọkhọkhọ
English designation
Hen Figure
Category
Altar & Shrine Objects
Figures
Provenance
Oldman, Dorothy K.
Oldman, William Ockelford
Location
London, 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
Af1949,46.175
Object Name - Comment
Designation
Object Name - Object Name
Designation
sculpture
Title
Designation
Title translation
Designation
Title type
Designation
Object History Note / Acquisition Note
Description, Provenance, Notes
Physical description
Description
Figure of hen; made of wood.
Material
Material
wood
Material - Comment
Material
Dimension
Dimensions
H~W~X
Dimension comment
Dimensions
~~
Dimension measurement unit
Dimensions
cm~cm~cm
Dimension note
Dimensions
Dimension value
Dimensions
29.00~17.00~19.10
Dimension value end
Dimensions
~~
Inscription - Note
Inscriptions
Inscription - Quoted
Inscriptions
Inscription language
Inscriptions
Inscription position
Inscriptions
Inscription translation
Inscriptions
Inscription type
Inscriptions
Production date
Date Made
19thC
Production date - Comment
Date Made
Producer/Artist - Association
Producer
Producer/Artist - Name
Producer
Technique
Production Technique
carved
Technique - Comment
Production Technique
Production place
Production Place
Nigeria
Production place - Association
Production Place
M
Production place - Comment
Production Place
Production place - Site details
Production Place
Previous owner - Association
Prior Source
PO
Previous owner - Comment
Prior Source
Previous owner - Name
Prior Source
Oldman, William Ockelford
Acquisition Funding Source Name
Provenance
Art Fund
Acquisition Funding Source Name Association
Provenance
CF
Acquisition Funding Source Name Comment
Provenance
as NACF
Acquisition Name
Provenance
Oldman, D K
Acquisition Name Association
Provenance
P
Acquisition Name Comment
Provenance
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
F
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
M
Production ethnic name - Comment
Ethnic Attribution
Production ethnic name - Ethnic Name
Ethnic Attribution
Edo
Responsible department
Department and Institution
E
Comment
Notes
Chickens of this form were probably placed on the altars of Queen Mothers, and the mothers of the male heads of large families, since female status in Benin was always dependent on connection with a powerful male.
Exhibitions Loans and Displays - Current and Past
Exhibition History
Exhibited: 1970-1973, London, Museum of Mankind, Divine Kingship in Africa
Bibliographic reference - Citation
Bibliography
Barley 2010
Bibliographic reference - Comment
Bibliography
Bibliographic reference - Reference
Bibliography
p.123; fig.87
Condition
Condition
BM/Big No - Number
BM/Big No - Prefix
BM/Big No - item
Collection
DAMS Asset - Number
522018001;1613696945;1613696946;1613696947;1613696948;1613696949;1613696950
Other number
14.PL.J
Other number - Comment
Other number type
Miscellaneous number
PRN
School/Style
Subject - Comment
Subject - Subject
calc acquisition link.spec acquisition date text
1949