Ẹyo Otọ
Ẹyo Otọ is a learning space about the objects and their Edo designations. Listen, view and read about their use, production and function.
Catalogue
Search, filter and explore data, images and linked research for 5,285 objects from 137 institutions in twenty countries.
Institutions
View objects listed in the 137 institutions in twenty countries currently holding historical Benin objects in their collections.
Provenance
Study the roles, biographies and object relations of provenance names found in the information provided by 137 institutions.
Map
Explore a present day map of Edo South (ancient Benin Kingdom) and Benin City. See the current location of the historical objects worldwide.
Oral History
Listen to oral traditions Benin people share, to transmit and preserve knowledge and cultural traditions from one generation to another.
Itan Edo
Itan Edo is the story of Benin Kingdom. Read about the cultural and historical trajectories related to kings, queens, guilds and more.
Archival Documents
Access the digitised archival documents that relate to the historic Benin objects, their provenance stories and the wider history of Benin Kingdom.
Archival Institutions
Explore a source guide of institutions that hold archival material related to the Benin Kingdom, its history and the objects shown on the platform.
Digital Research Tools
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About the project
Provenance
Central to the consideration of the Benin objects currently dispersed across at least 136 institutions is the question of their ties to the British colonial military campaign on Benin City, or the ‘punitive expedition’ of 1897, led by British Navy forces and members of the Niger Coast Protectorate, which caused the wide-scale looting of the royal palace and the city.Read more
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Member of the British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897
1380
Objects
Member of the British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897SoldierCollected in the field
70
Objects
SoldierMember of the Royal NavyMember of the British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897Collected in the field
60
Objects
Member of the British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897Collected in the fieldMember of the Niger Coast Protectorate Force (NCPF)
44
Objects
CuratorCollectorFamily member of a participant in the British expedition on Benin
40
Objects
Member of the British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897Member of the Niger Coast Protectorate Force (NCPF)Collected in the fieldColonial administrator
29
Objects
SoldierMember of the British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897Collected in the field
23
Objects
Collected in the fieldMember of the British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897SoldierConsignor to auction
17
Objects
Member of the Royal NavyFamily member of a participant in the British expedition on Benin
16
Objects
Member of the British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897Member of the Royal Navy
11
Objects
DonorFamily member of a participant in the British expedition on Benin
9
Objects
Museum
8
Objects
Collected in the fieldMember of the British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897TraderCollector
8
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Member of the British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897Colonial administratorCollected in the field
8
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SoldierCollectorColonial administratorDonorMember of the British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897
8
Objects
Member of the British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897Member of the Royal NavyCollected in the field
8
Objects
Member of the British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897Member of the Royal NavyCollected in the field
7
Objects
Member of the British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897Collected in the fieldMember of the Niger Coast Protectorate Force (NCPF)Soldier
6
Objects
Family member of a participant in the British expedition on Benin
5
Objects
Member of the British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897SoldierCollected in the field
4
Objects
Member of the Royal NavyMember of the British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897Collected in the field
4
Objects
Collected in the fieldMember of the British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897SoldierMember of the Niger Coast Protectorate Force (NCPF)
4
Objects
Member of the British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897Member of the Niger Coast Protectorate Force (NCPF)Member of the Phillips Mission on Benin, January 1897
3
Objects
SoldierMember of the British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897Collected in the fieldMember of the Niger Coast Protectorate Force (NCPF)
3
Objects
Member of the British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897Colonial administratorCollected in the fieldSoldierMember of the Niger Coast Protectorate Force (NCPF)
3
Objects
Family member of a participant in the British expedition on Benin
3
Objects
Member of the British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897Collected in the field
2
Objects
Member of the British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897SoldierCollected in the field
2
Objects
Member of the Royal NavyMember of the British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897Collected in the field
2
Objects
AnthropologistCollectorColonial administratorCollected in the fieldBotanist
2
Objects
Member of the British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897Member of the Royal Navy
2
Objects
Collected in the fieldMember of the British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897Member of the Royal Navy
1
Objects
Member of the British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897Collected in the fieldSoldierMember of the Niger Coast Protectorate Force (NCPF)
1
Objects
Member of the British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897SoldierMember of the Niger Coast Protectorate Force (NCPF)
1
Objects
SoldierCollected in the fieldMember of the British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897
1
Objects
Member of the British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897Collected in the fieldMember of the Royal Navy
1
Objects
Member of the Royal NavyMember of the British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897Collected in the field
1
Objects
Member of the British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897Member of the Royal NavyCollected in the field
1
Objects
Member of the British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897SoldierCollected in the fieldMember of the Royal Navy
1
Objects
Member of the Royal NavyMember of the British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897Collected in the field
1
Objects
Donor
1
Objects
Member of the Royal NavyMember of the British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897Collected in the field
1
Objects