Azuwa
Azuwa
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Azuwa (hair ornaments) are used for decoration by the Ọba’s wives (Oloi) in their Okuku (wig). They may also be used to scratch the scalp.

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49_21161
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum)
Object Number: (Object Numbers)
:
21161
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Azuwa
Azuwa
English designation
Hair Ornament
Hair Ornament
Category
Personal Adornment
Personal Adornment
Provenance
British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897
Roth, Felix Norman
Roth, Henry Ling
British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897
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49_21162
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum)
Object Number: (Object Numbers)
:
21162
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Azuwa
Azuwa
English designation
Hair Ornament
Hair Ornament
Category
Personal Adornment
Personal Adornment
Provenance
British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897
Roth, Felix Norman
Roth, Henry Ling
British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897
+ 2
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13_214747
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
ID
:
214747
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Azuwa
Azuwa
English designation
Hair Ornament
Hair Ornament
Category
Personal Adornment
Personal Adornment
Provenance
British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897
Webster, William Downing
British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897
+ 1
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13_214753
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
ID
:
214753
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Azuwa
Azuwa
English designation
Hair Ornament
Hair Ornament
Category
Personal Adornment
Personal Adornment
Provenance
British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897
Jepsen, Albert
British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897
+ 1
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13_214754
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
ID
:
214754
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Azuwa
Azuwa
English designation
Hair Ornament
Hair Ornament
Category
Personal Adornment
Personal Adornment
Provenance
British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897
Jepsen, Albert
British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897
+ 1
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13_214755
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
ID
:
214755
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Azuwa
Azuwa
English designation
Hair Ornament
Hair Ornament
Category
Personal Adornment
Personal Adornment
Provenance
British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897
Jepsen, Albert
British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897
+ 1
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13_214759
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
ID
:
214759
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Azuwa
Azuwa
English designation
Hair Ornament
Hair Ornament
Category
Personal Adornment
Personal Adornment
Provenance
British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897
Luschan, Felix Ritter von
British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897
+ 1
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13_214773
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
ID
:
214773
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Azuwa
Azuwa
English designation
Hair Ornament
Hair Ornament
Category
Personal Adornment
Personal Adornment
Provenance
British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897
Webster, William Downing
British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897
+ 1
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36_60B141A
National Museum, Benin
Catalog Number
:
60B:1:41A
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Azuwa
Azuwa
English designation
Hair Ornament
Ornament
Hair Ornament
+ 1
Category
Personal Adornment
Personal Adornment
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36_60B141C
National Museum, Benin
Catalog Number
:
60B:1:41C
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Azuwa
Azuwa
English designation
Hair Ornament
Hair Ornament
Category
Personal Adornment
Personal Adornment
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36_64B13
National Museum, Benin
Catalog Number
:
64B:1:3
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Azuwa
Azuwa
English designation
Hair Ornament
Hair Ornament
Category
Personal Adornment
Personal Adornment
Provenance
Connah, Graham Edward
Connah, Graham Edward
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35_A1901209
National Museums Scotland
object_number
:
A.1901.209
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Azuwa
Azuwa
English designation
Hair Ornament
Hair Ornament
Category
Personal Adornment
Personal Adornment
Provenance
Webster, William Downing
Webster, William Downing
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35_A1901210
National Museums Scotland
object_number
:
A.1901.210
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Azuwa
Azuwa
English designation
Hair Ornament
Hair Ornament
Category
Personal Adornment
Personal Adornment
Provenance
Webster, William Downing
Webster, William Downing
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35_A1901211
National Museums Scotland
object_number
:
A.1901.211
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Azuwa
Azuwa
English designation
Hair Ornament
Hair Ornament
Category
Personal Adornment
Personal Adornment
Provenance
Webster, William Downing
Webster, William Downing
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35_A1902310
National Museums Scotland
object_number
:
A.1902.310
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Azuwa
Azuwa
English designation
Hair Ornament
Hair Ornament
Category
Personal Adornment
Personal Adornment
Provenance
Webster, William Downing
Webster, William Downing
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326_A59183
Science Museum
Object Number
:
A59183
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Azuwa
Azuwa
English designation
Hair Ornament
Hair Ornament
Category
Personal Adornment
Personal Adornment
Provenance
Nevins, Hugh Nevins
Wellcome Collection
Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London
Nevins, Hugh Nevins
+ 2
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5_Af1902051625
British Museum
Registration Number
:
Af1902,0516.25
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Azuwa
Azuwa
English designation
Hair Ornament
Hair Ornament
Category
Personal Adornment
Personal Adornment
Provenance
Fenton & Sons
Fenton & Sons
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5_Af1902051626
British Museum
Registration Number
:
Af1902,0516.26
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Azuwa
Azuwa
English designation
Hair Ornament
Hair Ornament
Category
Personal Adornment
Personal Adornment
Provenance
Fenton & Sons
Fenton, Samuel George
Fenton & Sons
+ 1
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24_C2342
MARKK Museum am Rothenbaum Kulturen und Künste der Welt
Identifikationsnummer
:
C 2342
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Azuwa
Azuwa
English designation
Hair Ornament
Hair Ornament
Category
Personal Adornment
Personal Adornment
Provenance
Brinckmann, Justus
Brinckmann, Justus
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37_LGXX04
National Museum, Lagos
Inventory number
:
LGXX.04
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Azuwa
Azuwa
English designation
Hair Ornament
Hair Ornament
Category
Personal Adornment
Personal Adornment
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