Registration Number: Af1962,10.1
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British Museum
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Language: English
Registration NumberObject ID
Af1962,10.1
Object Name - CommentDesignation
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Object Name - Object NameDesignation
figure~game-piece
TitleDesignation
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Object History Note / Acquisition NoteDescription, Provenance, Notes
Physical descriptionDescription
Brass casting of a warrior; game piece. The figure carries a stick and a sword and is mounted on a convex hemispherical base.
MaterialMaterial
brass
Material - CommentMaterial
DimensionDimensions
H~W~X~M
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~~~
Dimension measurement unitDimensions
cm~cm~cm~g
Dimension noteDimensions
Dimension valueDimensions
7.00~2.70~2.50~73.00
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Production dateDate Made
16thC-17thC
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
Previous owner - CommentPrior Source
Previous owner - NamePrior Source
Acquisition Funding Source NameProvenance
Acquisition Funding Source Name AssociationProvenance
Acquisition Funding Source Name CommentProvenance
Acquisition NameProvenance
Fuller, Estelle W
Acquisition Name AssociationProvenance
D
Acquisition Name CommentProvenance
Excavation/Field Collection NoteProvenance
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Excavator/Field collector - NameProvenance
Associated event - AssociationEvent
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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
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
This is a game-piece in the form of a warrior used in the War Game. See also that illustrated in 'Antique Works of Art from Benin', collected by Lieutenant General Pitt-Rivers; Plate XXVIII, Fig 184, M85.
Exhibitions Loans and Displays - Current and PastExhibition History
Exhibited: 1970-1973, London, Museum of Mankind, Divine Kingship in Africa 1991 Feb-Apr, Norwich, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Man and Metal in Ancient Nigeria
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