Registration Number: Af1957,11.3
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British Museum
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Last Updated: 2022-08-04
Language: English
Registration NumberObject ID
Af1957,11.3
Object Name - CommentDesignation
Object Name - Object NameDesignation
stool
TitleDesignation
Title translationDesignation
Title typeDesignation
Object History Note / Acquisition NoteDescription, Provenance, Notes
Physical descriptionDescription
Stool; made of wood. Rectangular in form; legs fixed to the seat by iron nails.
MaterialMaterial
wood~iron
Material - CommentMaterial
~
DimensionDimensions
H~W~X
Dimension commentDimensions
~~
Dimension measurement unitDimensions
cm~cm~cm
Dimension noteDimensions
Dimension valueDimensions
47.00~73.00~38.10
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
Benin City
Production place - AssociationProduction Place
M
Production place - CommentProduction Place
Production place - Site detailsProduction Place
Previous owner - AssociationPrior Source
Previous owner - CommentPrior Source
Previous owner - NamePrior Source
Acquisition Funding Source NameProvenance
Acquisition Funding Source Name AssociationProvenance
Acquisition Funding Source Name CommentProvenance
Acquisition NameProvenance
Victoria and Albert Museum
Acquisition Name AssociationProvenance
T
Acquisition Name CommentProvenance
Department of Woodwork
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
F
Findspot - CommentPlace Collected
Findspot - PlacePlace Collected
Africa
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
M
Production ethnic name - CommentEthnic Attribution
Production ethnic name - Ethnic NameEthnic Attribution
Edo
Responsible departmentDepartment and Institution
E
CommentNotes
Register 1957:Wooden carved rectangular stool, the legs fixed to the seat by iron nails. See AOA Ethdoc 1923 - Objects transferred from V&A 1957: LOW STOOL, of wood with rectangular top. From Benin. West African. Given by the Hon. Mrs. A Henn Collins. W67-1924'
Exhibitions Loans and Displays - Current and PastExhibition History
Bibliographic reference - CitationBibliography
Bibliographic reference - CommentBibliography
Bibliographic reference - ReferenceBibliography
ConditionCondition
1613706433;1613706434;1613706435;1613706436;1613706437;1613706438;1613706491;1613706493