British Museum
Registration Number: Af1972,43.1
Institution media
9 Images
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Akohẹn/Oko
English designation
Horn or Flute
Category
Musical Instruments
Provenance
Entwistle Gallery
Entwistle, Lance & Roberta
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
Language: english
Registration Numberobject id
Af1972,43.1
Object Name - Commentdesignation
Object Name - Object Namedesignation
rattle
Titledesignation
Benin Ivory
Title translationdesignation
Title typedesignation
Series
Object History Note / Acquisition Notedescription, provenance, notes
Physical descriptiondescription
Rattle carved from ivory; with kneeling female figure near top and frieze of alternating leopard and Portuguese heads near base.
Materialmaterial
ivory
Material - Commentmaterial
Dimensiondimensions
H~W~X~X
Dimension commentdimensions
~~~max
Dimension measurement unitdimensions
cm~cm~cm~cm
Dimension notedimensions
Dimension valuedimensions
37.50~4.00~4.50~12.20
Dimension value enddimensions
~~~
Inscription - Noteinscriptions
Inscription - Quotedinscriptions
Inscription languageinscriptions
Inscription positioninscriptions
Inscription translationinscriptions
Inscription typeinscriptions
Production datedate made
19thC(early)
Production date - Commentdate made
circa
Producer/Artist - Associationproducer
Producer/Artist - Nameproducer
Techniqueproduction technique
carved
Technique - Commentproduction technique
Production placeproduction place
Benin City
Production place - Associationproduction place
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
Entwistle, Lance
Acquisition Name Associationprovenance
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
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
Rattle used in 'oromila' divination in Benin City. In form of Yoruba 'irofaor 'iroke' divination tappers with lower end holding a rattle and upper tip used to tap on divnaiton tray. ~William Fagg proposed that this rattle was carved by the Igbesamwan, the guild of ivory carvers in Benin City based on the style of the female figure and the conventional representations of leopard and Portuguese heads.~See Collection File: Af1972,43.1.
Exhibitions Loans and Displays - Current and Pastexhibition history
Bibliographic reference - Citationbibliography
Bibliographic reference - Commentbibliography
Bibliographic reference - Referencebibliography
Conditioncondition
Fair; chipped and delaminating at base. Section missing from tip of horn. Surface has areas of delamination.
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BM/Big No - item
Collection
DAMS Asset - Number
1613711398;1613711399;1613711400;1613711682;1613711683;1613711684;1613711685;1613711686;1613711687
Other number
Other number - Comment
Other number type
PRN
School/Style
Subject - Comment
Subject - Subject
calc acquisition link.spec acquisition date text
1972