Registration Number: Af1965,15.1
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British Museum
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Last Updated: 2022-08-04
Language: English
Registration NumberObject ID
Af1965,15.1
Object Name - CommentDesignation
Object Name - Object NameDesignation
commemorative head
TitleDesignation
Title translationDesignation
Title typeDesignation
Object History Note / Acquisition NoteDescription, Provenance, Notes
Physical descriptionDescription
Commemorative head; made of wood (iroko, ebony?), covered with sheet brass.
MaterialMaterial
iroko wood~ebony~brass
Material - CommentMaterial
?~?~
DimensionDimensions
H~W~X
Dimension commentDimensions
~~
Dimension measurement unitDimensions
cm~cm~cm
Dimension noteDimensions
Dimension valueDimensions
59.50~24.00~23.00
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~hammered
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
Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine
Acquisition Name AssociationProvenance
E
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
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
Register addition "Nigeria" Register addition "Benin".
Exhibitions Loans and Displays - Current and PastExhibition History
Exhibited: 1970-1973, London, Museum of Mankind, Divine Kingship in Africa
Bibliographic reference - CitationBibliography
Bibliographic reference - CommentBibliography
Bibliographic reference - ReferenceBibliography
ConditionCondition