British Museum
Registration Number: Af1952,07.123
Institution media
7 Images
Digital Benin research
English designation
Headrest
Category
Household & Everyday Objects
Provenance
Church Missionary Society
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
Af1952,07.123
Object Name - Commentdesignation
Object Name - Object Namedesignation
head-rest
Titledesignation
Title translationdesignation
Title typedesignation
Object History Note / Acquisition Notedescription, provenance, notes
Physical descriptiondescription
Headrest; made of baked clay. In form of rectangular pillar with grooves at edges, buff-coloured with black wash.
Materialmaterial
fired clay
Material - Commentmaterial
Dimensiondimensions
H~W~X
Dimension commentdimensions
~~
Dimension measurement unitdimensions
cm~cm~cm
Dimension notedimensions
Dimension valuedimensions
11.80~7.50~7.40
Dimension value enddimensions
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Inscription - Noteinscriptions
Inscription - Quotedinscriptions
Inscription languageinscriptions
Inscription positioninscriptions
Inscription translationinscriptions
Inscription typeinscriptions
Production datedate made
16thC - 19thC
Production date - Commentdate made
Producer/Artist - Associationproducer
Producer/Artist - Nameproducer
Techniqueproduction technique
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
Church Missionary Society
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
Register 1952: Clay baked headrest, rectangular with grooves at edges, of buff clay with black wash . 124& possibly 123 "A pillow which belonged to one of the 100 wives of the King of BENIN". Register 1952: 1-Large series, chiefly from W.Africa & Uganda, dating from 1880 onwards.
Exhibitions Loans and Displays - Current and Pastexhibition history
Bibliographic reference - Citationbibliography
Bibliographic reference - Commentbibliography
Bibliographic reference - Referencebibliography
Conditioncondition
BM/Big No - Number
BM/Big No - Prefix
BM/Big No - item
Collection
DAMS Asset - Number
1133294001;1133295001;1133296001;1133297001;1133298001;1133299001;1613691901
Other number
Y3/4
Other number - Comment
Dark: Benin catalogue number
Other number type
Miscellaneous number
PRN
School/Style
Subject - Comment
Subject - Subject
calc acquisition link.spec acquisition date text
1952