OBJECTID
C12990
English designations
Ceremonial Paddle
Categories
Contextual Objects: Beyond Benin
Location
1020 Humboldt Pkwy, Buffalo, NY 14211, United States
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Ceremonial Paddle
Ceremonial Paddle

Provenance

4 events
Production
unknown to February 22, 1897 (day approximate)
The object was produced in Edo State.
Looted
February 22, 1897 (day approximate) to June 1899 (year approximate)
The object was looted by February 1897 Unknown member of the British colonial military campaign on Benin from Benin Kingdom.
Purchase
1899 to June 2, 1939
The object was purchased by Heinrich Umlauff with its destination in Hamburg.
Purchase
June 2, 1939
The object was purchased by the Buffalo Museum of Sciences from Heinrich Umlauff and J. F. G. Umlauff from Hamburg to Buffalo.

Institution data

Buffalo Museum of Sciences
The data was transferred directly by the institution.
Last updated: 2021-07-01
Language: english
Institution fieldValue
ACCESSNO
object id
1939.052
HOMELOC
object id
R7-9DE-05
OBJECTID
object id
C12990
OBJNAME
designation
object type
Paddle
DESCRIP
description
object type
Carved wooden paddle. Caved blade - long handle
MATERIAL
material
Wood
CURVALMAX
dimensions
0
CURVALUE
dimensions
0
DEPTH
dimensions
0
DEPTHFT
dimensions
0
DEPTHIN
dimensions
0
DIAMETER
dimensions
0
DIAMETERFT
dimensions
0
DIAMETERIN
dimensions
0
DIMTYPE
dimensions
1
HEIGHT
dimensions
0
HEIGHTFT
dimensions
0
HEIGHTIN
dimensions
0
LENGTH
dimensions
0
LENGTHFT
dimensions
0
LENGTHIN
dimensions
0
WIDTH
dimensions
0
WIDTHFT
dimensions
0
WIDTHIN
dimensions
0
WEIGHT
weight
0
WEIGHTIN
weight
0
WEIGHTLB
weight
0
SPECIES
object type
Paddle
SUBJECTS
iconography
DATE
date made
ERA
date made
ORIGIN
production place
SITE
production place
BENIN CITY
UDF2
production place
Coastal West Africa
UDF3
production place
Nigeria
UDF4
production place
Bendel State
UDF6
production place
Benin
COLLECTOR
prior source
Umlauff, Gustav
PROVENANCE
provenance
Museum Purchase Gustv Umlauff 02.06.1939
COLLDATE
date collected
/ /
EXCAVADATE
date collected
/ /
CULTURE
ethnic attribution
Bini
COLLECTION
department and institution
Division of Anthropology
RECAS
accession method
NOTES
notes
PUBNOTES
bibliography
Published: Yes CUMMINGS,VIRGINIA L. OUT OF AFRICA p17 #202 BSNS EXHIBIT CATALOG BUFFALO SOC NATL SCI BUFFALO NY 1969 BUXTON,M H BENIN p13 #13 EXHIBIT CATALOG 9-11/1968 MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HUSTON TEXAS 1968
CONDITION
condition
IMAGEFILE
images
CAPTION
CAT
O
CATBY
KHL
CATDATE
06/23/2021
CATTYPE
History
CIRCUM
0
CIRCUMFT
0
CIRCUMIN
0
CONDDATE
/ /
CONDEXAM
EARLYDATE
0
EXHIBITNO
0
EXHSTART
/ /
FLAGDATE
/ / : : AM
GPARENT
7: Distribution & Transportation Artifact
IDDATE
/ /
IMAGENO
0
INSDATE
/ /
INVNBY
INVNDATE
06/23/2021
LATEDATE
0
LOANDUE
/ /
LOANNO
0
LOANRENEW
/ /
LOCFIELD1
R7-9DE-05
LOCFIELD3
LOCFIELD4
MAINTDATE
/ /
OUTDATE
/ /
PARENT
Water Transportation -- Accessory
PREPDATE
/ /
RECFROM
RENEWUNTIL
/ /
REPATDATE
/ /
REPATNOTES
Is it a burial? No Is a burial associated? No Is it sacred? No Patrimony? No
REPATNOTIC
/ /
STATUS
OK
STATUSBY
KHL
STATUSDATE
06/23/2021
TEMPDATE
/ /
TLOCFIELD1
TLOCFIELD3
UDF1
Africa
UDF11
E
UDF12
1939
UDF13
0
UDF14
0
UDF15
0
UDF16
1
UDF17
0
UDF18
/ /
UDF19
/ /
UDF20
/ /
UDF5
UDF8
UPDATED
06/23/2021
VALUEDATE
/ /
WEBINCLUDE
.F.
XCORD
0
YCORD
0
ZCORD
0
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