British Museum
Registration Number: Af1949,46.175
Institution media
7 Images
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Iyeọkhọkhọ
English designation
Hen Figure
Category
Altar & Shrine Objects
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
Af1949,46.175
Object Name - Commentdesignation
Object Name - Object Namedesignation
sculpture
Titledesignation
Title translationdesignation
Title typedesignation
Object History Note / Acquisition Notedescription, provenance, notes
Physical descriptiondescription
Figure of hen; made of wood.
Materialmaterial
wood
Material - Commentmaterial
Dimensiondimensions
H~W~X
Dimension commentdimensions
~~
Dimension measurement unitdimensions
cm~cm~cm
Dimension notedimensions
Dimension valuedimensions
29.00~17.00~19.10
Dimension value enddimensions
~~
Inscription - Noteinscriptions
Inscription - Quotedinscriptions
Inscription languageinscriptions
Inscription positioninscriptions
Inscription translationinscriptions
Inscription typeinscriptions
Production datedate made
19thC
Production date - Commentdate made
Producer/Artist - Associationproducer
Producer/Artist - Nameproducer
Techniqueproduction technique
carved
Technique - Commentproduction technique
Production placeproduction place
Nigeria
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
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 Pastexhibition history
Exhibited: 1970-1973, London, Museum of Mankind, Divine Kingship in Africa
Bibliographic reference - Citationbibliography
Barley 2010
Bibliographic reference - Commentbibliography
Bibliographic reference - Referencebibliography
p.123; fig.87
Conditioncondition
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