Provenance

4 events

Production

unknown to February 22, 1897 (day approximate)

The object was produced in Benin City.

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.

Unknown

February 22, 1897 (day approximate) to 1900

The object is known to have come into contact with Cuthbert Edgar Peek.

Unknown

1900

The object is known to have come into contact with Cuthbert Edgar Peek and the Pitt Rivers Museum, later in Oxford.

Institution data

Pitt Rivers Museum

The data was transferred directly by the institution.

Last updated: 2021-07-20

Language: english

Institution field	Value
Accession Number object id	1900.1.1.1
Description description	Playing cards of palm leaf [.1 - .144] with designs burnt onto them. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 2/3/2005]
Material / Process material	Material of original: Palm Leaf Plant
Dimensions dimensions	Length: max 50,00 mm each card
Keywords object type	Keyword: Card Game
No. of objects object count	144
Dating date made	Date made: 1900
Geographical Provenance production place	Africa -> Western Africa -> Nigeria, Benin
Persons prior source	PRM source: Cuthbert Edgar Peek
Provenance prior source provenance	Other Owners, Cuthbert Edgar Peek
When Collected date collected	When collected:
Cultural Groups ethnic attribution
Acquired accession date	Acquired: 1900
Primary Documentation notes	Accession book entry: : Feb. SIR C.E. PEEK, bart. Rousdon, Lyme Regis - 3 packs of small palm-leaf playing cards, Benin, W. Africa; Pitt Rivers Museum label: : [stuck to box] - 3 packs of palm-leaf playing cards, BENIN, NIGERIA, W. AFRICA. d.d. Sir C.E. Peek, bart., 1900. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 2/3/2005]
Research Notes notes
Archaological / Ethnographic	E
Archival documentation ID
Class	Class: Toy and Game
Collection Type	Object
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