Registration Number: Af1954,23.406.q
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British Museum
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Registration NumberObject ID
Af1954,23.406.q
Object Name - CommentDesignation
Object Name - Object NameDesignation
celt
TitleDesignation
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Object History Note / Acquisition NoteDescription, Provenance, Notes
Physical descriptionDescription
Stone celt, pear-shaped stone with the point broken.
MaterialMaterial
stone
Material - CommentMaterial
DimensionDimensions
H~W~X
Dimension commentDimensions
~~
Dimension measurement unitDimensions
cm~cm~cm
Dimension noteDimensions
Dimension valueDimensions
10.10~6.30~3.50
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Production dateDate Made
16thC-19thC
Production date - CommentDate Made
?
Producer/Artist - AssociationProducer
Producer/Artist - NameProducer
TechniqueProduction Technique
Technique - CommentProduction Technique
Production placeProduction Place
Nigeria
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
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
D
Acquisition Name CommentProvenance
Excavation/Field Collection NoteProvenance
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Excavator/Field collector - NameProvenance
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
Associated name - AssociationReign Associated Name
Associated name - CommentReign Associated Name
Associated name - NameReign Associated Name
Associated ethnic name - AssociationEthnic Attribution
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Responsible departmentDepartment and Institution
E
CommentNotes
From acquisition "thunderbolt". Register 1954 Another [stone], pear-shaped stone with the point broken. Worked stones from Benin. Nevins Collection. Each is marked with a registration number in ink. Shango is the god of thunder and lightening. Among his symbols are stone celts (UGHAVAN) which are believed to be thunder bolts. They are placed on his altars or kept as amulets. If a peasant finds a celt in his fields, he places it among his produce or on the altar of the god with prayers for rain and an increase of crops. (Above is written on the back of the Wellcome Accession card for no.59240 - not in the BM collection - but applies to 406a-q.)
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