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British Museum
Registration Number:
Af1954,23.247
Institution media
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Edo designation
Okhiẹ
English designation
Staff Finial
Stopper
Category
Staffs
Provenance
Nevins, Hugh Nevins
Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London
Location
Great Russell St, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 3DG, 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
Af1954,23.247
Object Name - Comment
designation
?~?
Object Name - Object Name
designation
stopper~staff-top
Title
designation
Benin Ivory
Title translation
designation
Title type
designation
Series
Object History Note / Acquisition Note
description
,
provenance
,
notes
Purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum as part of a larger collection from Hugh Nevins for £100 on 31 December 1927.
Physical description
description
Stopper?, staff-top?; carved from ivory. In form of bird with snake in mouth on circular base with cylindrical peg below. Stained dark amber colour.
Material
material
ivory
Material - Comment
material
Dimension
dimensions
H~W~X
Dimension comment
dimensions
~~
Dimension measurement unit
dimensions
cm~cm~cm
Dimension note
dimensions
Dimension value
dimensions
10.80~4.80~6.20
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
16thC-19thC
Production date - Comment
date made
circa
Producer/Artist - Association
producer
Producer/Artist - Name
producer
Technique
production technique
carved~stained
Technique - Comment
production technique
Production place
production place
Benin City~Nigeria
Production place - Association
production place
M~M
Production place - Comment
production place
?~?
Production place - Site details
production place
Previous owner - Association
prior source
Previous owner - Comment
prior source
Previous owner - Name
prior source
Acquisition Funding Source Name
provenance
Acquisition Funding Source Name Association
provenance
Acquisition Funding Source Name Comment
provenance
Acquisition Name
provenance
Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine
Acquisition Name Association
provenance
Acquisition Name Comment
provenance
Excavation/Field Collection Note
provenance
Collected by Hugh Nevins in Benin City in 1927.
Excavator/Field collector - Association
provenance
FC
Excavator/Field collector - Name
provenance
Nevins, Hugh
Associated event - Association
event
Associated event - Event
event
Associated place
place collected
Associated place - Association
place collected
Findspot - Association
place collected
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~M
Production ethnic name - Comment
ethnic attribution
?~?
Production ethnic name - Ethnic Name
ethnic attribution
Edo~Yoruba
Responsible department
department and institution
Comment
notes
See Collection File: Af1954,23.247.~Register 1954 Ivory: a carved bird with a snake in its beak, mounted on a disc supported by a short peg, all carved in one piece of a dark amber colour. (Nevins, Benin Collection. 1927.)
Exhibitions Loans and Displays - Current and Past
exhibition history
Bibliographic reference - Citation
bibliography
Bibliographic reference - Comment
bibliography
Bibliographic reference - Reference
bibliography
Condition
condition
Good.
BM/Big No - Number
BM/Big No - Prefix
BM/Big No - item
Collection
DAMS Asset - Number
1613714538;1613714539;1613714540;1613714541
Other number
A59162
Other number - Comment
Wellcome Collection accession number
Other number type
Previous owner/ex-collection number
PRN
School/Style
Subject - Comment
Subject - Subject
bird~reptile
calc acquisition link.spec acquisition date text
1954