Edo designations mentioned
Institution data
| Institution field | Value |
|---|---|
Reg No. | Af,A154.60 |
PRN | EPF11261 |
Add ID/s | 4943 (William Webster number)~5364 (William Webster number)~5872 (William Webster number)~5888 (William Webster number)~5973 (William Webster number)~6365 (William Webster number)~6383 (William Webster number)~6385 (William Webster number)~6440 (William Webster number)~6443 (William Webster number)~6460 (William Webster number)~6580 (William Webster number) |
Bibliography | King & Waterfield 2006: ~Webster 1898-9: Cat.18, figs.52-64 |
Title/s | Benin Bronzes and Ivories (Series) |
Object Name/s | photographic print (black and white)~album |
Material/s | paper |
Technique/s | photographic process |
Description (full) | Photograph (black and white); mounted on card, part of a bound album. View of thirteen objects: nine brass commemorative heads; three brass bells; one brass armcuff. Photographic process. |
Dimension/s | Height: 24.00 cm (page)~Width: 27.40 cm (page) |
Previous Owner | Previous owner/ex-collection: William Downing Webster |
Date/s | 1898-1899 (circa) |
Prod. Place/s | Photographed in: London |
Assoc. Ethnic Name/s | Associated with: Edo |
Assoc. Place/s | Associated with: Benin City |
Assoc. Event/s | Associated Event: British Expedition to Benin City - 1897 |
URL | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/EA_Af-A154-60 |
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Curator's Comment/s | This album contains photographs of objects from the Kingdom of Benin, Nigeria sold by the London-based dealer, William Downing Webster. Many of the photographs are annotated with information relating to the vendor/s and some include purchase prices. It is likely that the photographic series was compiled by Webster in the early 1900s. The objects depicted in this photograph were sold by William Webster as follows: 52. likely to the Museum der Kulturen Basel in 1899. Accession number: III 1033. 53. unknown. 54. unknown. 55. unknown. 56. unknown. 57. unknown until 1974. Sold Sotheby's, London, 8 July 1974, lot 83. Date unknown to Matthias Komor, New York. Date unknown to Mr & Mrs Klaus G. Perls, New York until 1991. Donated by the Perls to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York in 1991. Accession number: 1991.17.2. 58. unknown. 59. unknown until 1971. Dr Ernst Augustin until 1971. Sold Sotheby's, London, 20 November 1971, lot 290, vendor unknown. Sold Sotheby's, London, 26 November 1979, lot 172. Date unknown to Mr & Mrs Klaus G. Perls, New York until 1991. Donated by the Perls to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York in 1991. Accession number: 1991.17.3. 60. unknown. 61. unknown. 62. unknown. 63. to the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge in 1900 with funding from Francis John Henry Jenkinson. Accession number: E 1900.98.2. 64. unknown. |
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