British Museum
Registration Number: Af1954,23.394.a-i
Institution media
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Digital Benin research
English designation
Category
Healing & Divining Objects
Provenance
Nevins, Hugh Nevins
Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London
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
Af1954,23.394.a-i
Object Name - Commentdesignation
Object Name - Object Namedesignation
divination equipment~divination-piece
Titledesignation
Title translationdesignation
Title typedesignation
Object History Note / Acquisition Notedescription, provenance, notes
Physical descriptiondescription
Divination equipment; composed of nine divination throwing pieces. Ring (a) made of bone; abraded human figure (b) with incised cross-hatching, made of bone; dome-shaped piece (c), with four holes, made of bone; curved piece (d) with cross-hatching, made of bone; rectangular tablet (e), with cross-hatching, made of bone; club-shaped piece (f), made of bone; animal bone (g), made of bone; V-shaped piece (h), made of bone; semi barrel-shaped piece (i), with cross-hatching, made of bone.
Materialmaterial
bone
Material - Commentmaterial
Dimensiondimensions
Dimension commentdimensions
Dimension measurement unitdimensions
Dimension notedimensions
Dimension valuedimensions
Dimension value enddimensions
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
incised
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
PO
Previous owner - Commentprior source
Previous owner - Nameprior source
Nevins, Hugh
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
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 1954: "Were found sewn in leather bag." Nevins Collection, 1927. (For EWAWA divination? REB 1958.)
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
1613714456;1613714457;1613714458;1613714503;1613714504;1613714534;1613714535;1613714536;1613714537;1613714576;1613714577
Other number
62a~59197
Other number - Comment
Dark number~Wellcome Collection number
Other number type
Miscellaneous number~Previous owner/ex-collection number
PRN
School/Style
Subject - Comment
Subject - Subject
calc acquisition link.spec acquisition date text
1954