Registration Number: Af1993,02.22
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Language: English
Registration NumberObject ID
Af1993,02.22
Object Name - CommentDesignation
Object Name - Object NameDesignation
commemorative head
TitleDesignation
Title translationDesignation
Title typeDesignation
Object History Note / Acquisition NoteDescription, Provenance, Notes
Purchased by William Fagg from Mrs Ejiakpofor for around £3.
Physical descriptionDescription
Commemorative head; carved in reddish wood; the helmet with a tall vertical on the right and small conical projections above the ears; the helmet of squares, each divided into three, alternating vertically and horizontally; with high gorget of horizontal bands; the eyes oval with broad outlines, with circular disc set in the middle.
MaterialMaterial
wood
Material - CommentMaterial
DimensionDimensions
H~W~X
Dimension commentDimensions
~~
Dimension measurement unitDimensions
cm~cm~cm
Dimension noteDimensions
Dimension valueDimensions
38.70~21.00~19.00
Dimension value endDimensions
~~
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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
Fagg, William Buller
Acquisition Name AssociationProvenance
B
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
Brown card label 'bought of Mrs Efiakpo (?) for c. (illegibile)' three pounds on reverse 'Property of Mr W B Fagg parcel no 19 x19 x24'; Eth.Doc.121.
Exhibitions Loans and Displays - Current and PastExhibition History
Bibliographic reference - CitationBibliography
Bibliographic reference - CommentBibliography
Bibliographic reference - ReferenceBibliography
ConditionCondition
Poor; much of face and right proper side missing; lower part largely hollowed out; grassy material stuffed in some cavities. Wood is vulnerable.
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