Provenance
Institution data
| Institution field | Value |
|---|---|
alternative_number object id | |
object_number object id | A.1899.312 |
object_name designation object type | Waistbelt |
description description | Waistbelt of leather hung with strips of iron and pendants including a gun flint, pieces of iron, and a cocoon-shaped wooden bottle encased in leather: West Africa, Nigeria, Edo State, Benin |
material material | Leather || Iron || Wood |
dimensions dimensions | 53.50" L |
production.period date made | |
technique production technique | |
production.place production place | Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria, Western Africa |
acquisition.source prior source | Lawrence, George Fabian 'Stoney Jack', 1861 - 1939 |
association.subject event | British Punitive Expedition to Benin City, 1897 |
acquisition.date accession date | 1899 |
acquisition.method accession method | PURCHASE |
notes notes | WEST AFRICA. LOWER NIGERIA. BENIN. MISCELLANEOUS. WAIST OR SHOULDER-BELT of stitched leather bound with strips of iron and of pendant charms consisting of a gun flint, pieces of iron, and a cocoon-shaped wooden bottle all encased in leather. Benin City, Midwestern State, Nigeria. |
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school_style | Benin |
| Institution field | Value |
|---|---|
object_number object id | A.1899.312 |
object_name object type | Waistbelt |
description description | Waistbelt of leather hung with strips of iron and pendants including a gun flint, pieces of iron, and a cocoon-shaped wooden bottle encased in leather: West Africa, Nigeria, Edo State, Benin |
material material | Leather || Iron || Wood |
dimensions dimensions | 53.50" L |
production.place production place | Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria, Western Africa |
acquisition.source | Lawrence, George Fabian, nicknamed 'Stoney Jack' (1861 - 1939), was a one-time pawn broker who had a reputation from 1895 for buying archaeological and ‘ethnographic' artefacts from London labourers and other visitors to his shop at 7 West Hill, Wandsworth, SW. |
association.subject event | British Punitive Expedition to Benin City, 1897 |
acquisition.date accession date | 1899 |
acquisition.method accession method | PURCHASE |
notes notes | WEST AFRICA. LOWER NIGERIA. BENIN. MISCELLANEOUS. WAIST OR SHOULDER-BELT of stitched leather bound with strips of iron and of pendant charms consisting of a gun flint, pieces of iron, and a cocoon-shaped wooden bottle all encased in leather. Benin City, Midwestern State, Nigeria. |
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