Registration Number: Af1954,23.336
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Registration NumberObject ID
Af1954,23.336
Object Name - CommentDesignation
Object Name - Object NameDesignation
bell
TitleDesignation
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Object History Note / Acquisition NoteDescription, Provenance, Notes
Purchased by Mr Comins on behalf of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at a Mssrs Foster (Edward Foster & Sons) auction on 16 July 1931, lot 88. Lots 72-109 of this auction were described as 'the Property of a Gentleman who was a member of the Benin Expedition', subsequently identified as Captain Herbert Sutherland Walker (JMH, 2021).
Physical descriptionDescription
Bell; lost-wax cast in brass. Quadrangular in form with strap handle and flaring sides. Decorated with human head in low relief set in central lattice openwork section on front panel. Right and left panels and handle also have central latticework sections. Iron clapper suspended from hole at top.
MaterialMaterial
brass~iron
Material - CommentMaterial
~
DimensionDimensions
H~W~X~M
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Dimension measurement unitDimensions
cm~cm~cm~g
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Dimension valueDimensions
18.50~9.60~9.50~556.00
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Production dateDate Made
16thC-19thC
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
M
Production place - CommentProduction Place
Production place - Site detailsProduction Place
Previous owner - AssociationPrior Source
PO
Previous owner - CommentPrior Source
Previous owner - NamePrior Source
Walker, Herbert Sutherland
Acquisition Funding Source NameProvenance
Acquisition Funding Source Name AssociationProvenance
Acquisition Funding Source Name CommentProvenance
Acquisition NameProvenance
Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine
Acquisition Name AssociationProvenance
D
Acquisition Name CommentProvenance
Excavation/Field Collection NoteProvenance
Looted during British Expedition to Benin City, 1897.
Excavator/Field collector - AssociationProvenance
FC
Excavator/Field collector - NameProvenance
Walker, Herbert Sutherland
Associated event - AssociationEvent
Associated event - EventEvent
Associated placePlace Collected
Associated place - AssociationPlace Collected
Findspot - AssociationPlace Collected
F
Findspot - CommentPlace Collected
Findspot - PlacePlace Collected
Benin City
Findspot - Site detailsPlace Collected
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Associated ethnic name - AssociationEthnic Attribution
Associated ethnic name - Ethnic NameEthnic Attribution
Production ethnic name - AssociationEthnic Attribution
M
Production ethnic name - CommentEthnic Attribution
Production ethnic name - Ethnic NameEthnic Attribution
Edo
Responsible departmentDepartment and Institution
E
CommentNotes
Register 1954: 'Composite: brass bell of square section, three of the sides have open lattice work panels, in the centre of one of them is a human face, the fourth side is engraved with a crescent motif, the clapper is of iron, looped brass handle.'
Exhibitions Loans and Displays - Current and PastExhibition History
Exhibited: 1970-1973, London, Museum of Mankind, Divine Kingship in Africa
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ConditionCondition
Good; holes near base of back panel.