British Museum
Registration Number: Af1956,28.1
Institution media
6 Images
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Okpia
English designation
Male Figure
Category
Figures
Provenance
British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897
Dwight, Katherine
Sneath, Thomas W. S.
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
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Registration Numberobject id
Af1956,28.1
Object Name - Commentdesignation
Object Name - Object Namedesignation
figure
Titledesignation
Benin Ivory
Title translationdesignation
Title typedesignation
Series
Object History Note / Acquisition Notedescription, provenance, notes
Register 1946: "Collected on the Benin Expeditionby Commander T.W.S. Sneath ( then a midshipman, clerk to Adm. Rawson)".
Physical descriptiondescription
Figure, made of ivory. In form of standing man holding baton; unfinished.
Materialmaterial
ivory
Material - Commentmaterial
Dimensiondimensions
H~W~X
Dimension commentdimensions
~~max
Dimension measurement unitdimensions
cm~cm~cm
Dimension notedimensions
Dimension valuedimensions
26.10~9.80~12.00
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
carved
Technique - Commentproduction technique
Production placeproduction place
Nigeria
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
Sneath, T W S
Acquisition Funding Source Nameprovenance
Acquisition Funding Source Name Associationprovenance
Acquisition Funding Source Name Commentprovenance
Acquisition Nameprovenance
Dwight, Katherine
Acquisition Name Associationprovenance
Acquisition Name Commentprovenance
Excavation/Field Collection Noteprovenance
British Expeditionto Benin City, 1897.
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 1956: 'Ivory carved figure, unfinished, of a standing man holding a baton. BENIN.'
Exhibitions Loans and Displays - Current and Pastexhibition history
Bibliographic reference - Citationbibliography
Bibliographic reference - Commentbibliography
Bibliographic reference - Referencebibliography
Conditioncondition
Good.
BM/Big No - Number
BM/Big No - Prefix
BM/Big No - item
Collection
DAMS Asset - Number
1613709123;1613709124;1613709173;1613709174;1613709175;1613709236
Other number
Other number - Comment
Other number type
PRN
School/Style
Subject - Comment
Subject - Subject
calc acquisition link.spec acquisition date text
1956