Institution data
| Institution field | Value |
|---|---|
Reg No. | Af,A154.70 |
PRN | EPF11270 |
Add ID/s | 9754 (William Webster number)~9771-4 (William Webster numbers)~9813 (William Webster number) |
Bibliography | King & Waterfield 2006: ~Webster 1907: Cat.24, figs.5-10 |
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 five brass quadrangular bells all with human faces at front; one copper alloy bell form with human face at front. Photographic process. |
Dimension/s | Height: 24.00 cm (page)~Width: 27.40 cm (page) |
Subject/s | |
Previous Owner | Previous owner/ex-collection: William Downing Webster |
Date/s | 1898-1899 (circa) |
Prod. Place/s | Photographed in: London |
Assoc. Ethnic Name/s | Made by: Edo |
Assoc. Place/s | Associated with: Benin City |
Assoc. Event/s | |
Inscription/s | Inscription:~ Inscription details: inscription (front of mount; below photograph) in English~ Inscription quoted: Berlin~ Inscription note: Handwritten in pencil. Name of possible vendor. |
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 object depicted in this photograph were sold by William Webster as follows: 5. unknown. 6. unknown. 7. to Hans Meyer by 1929. Possibly on loan to Leipzig Museum. By 1953 in the collection of the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (the Kunstkamera), St Petersburg, Russia. Accession number: MA϶ No. 595-28 8. to Hans Meyer by 1929. Purchased in 1932 by the Museum Fünf Kontinente, Staatliche Museen in Bayern, Munich. Accession number: 32-36-3. 9. unknown. 10. to the Field Museum, Chicago in 1907. Accession number: 91248. |
URL | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/EA_Af-A154-70 |
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