Provenance
Institution data
| Institution field | Value |
|---|---|
Accession Number object id | 1966.1.638 |
Description description | [Unstrung] necklace with thick tubular coral beads strung on fine cord |
Material / Process material | Material of original: String; Material of original: Textile; Material of original: Bead; Material of original: Coral |
Dimensions dimensions | Length 250,00 mm; Length 20,00 mm white bead; Diameter 27,00 mm; Diameter 20,00 mm; Length: max 26,00 mm coral bead |
Keywords object type | Keyword: Neck Ornament |
No. of objects object count | 1 |
Dating date made | Date made: 1928 |
Geographical Provenance production place | Africa -> Western Africa -> Nigeria, Benin |
Persons prior source | PRM source: Ipswich Museum, Field collector: Ethel Charlotte Bedford, Field collector: Frederick George Denham Bedford, PRM source: Patricia M. Butler |
Provenance prior source provenance | Other Owners, Ethel Charlotte Bedford Ipswich Museum ?Frederick George Denham Bedford |
When Collected date collected | When collected: |
Cultural Groups ethnic attribution | -> Edo |
Acquired accession date | Acquired: 1966 |
Primary Documentation notes | Accession book entry: : West Africa, probably Benin. Necklace of two large thick tubular coral beads with a white circular bead between them. The white bead has flat surfaces at both perforations and appears to be made of a finely woven fabric shrunk onto a pliable core. Strung on fine cord. Lady Bedford Coll. 1928.219.46. Length 25 cm. Max. length coral bead 2.6 cm. Diameter 2 cm. Length white bead 2 cm. Diameter 2.7 cm.; Accession book entry: : [added] - 1966.1.638 Unstrung at the curator's request [page 205a].; Accession book entry: : For full text of Accession Book introduction (from Collections XVA Ipswich Ethnography A) see entry for 1966.1.1 [OD 11/5/2001].; Card Catalogue entry: : Necklace of 2 large thick tubular coral beads with a white circular bead between them. The white bead has flat surfaces at both perforations and appears to be made of a finely woven fabric shrunk on to a pliable core. Strung on fine cord. [Note on card] - 'This necklace was unstrung at the request of the Curator.'; Related Documents File: : typed list of objects, headed 'Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford. 1965. Ipswich Museum' in folder, 'Ipswich Museum Inventory' states [p. 1]: "Lady Bedford Collection. NOTE: Many items from this collection are erroneously marked 1928-129 instead of 219" [RTS 23/12/2003].; Documentation: : See RDF. |
Research Notes notes | |
Archaological / Ethnographic | E |
Archival documentation ID | |
Class | Class: Ornament |
Collection Type | Object |
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