Provenance

4 events

Production

unknown to February 22, 1897 (day approximate)

The object was produced by Unknown member(s) of the Igun-Ẹrọnmwọn guild in Benin City.

Looted

February 22, 1897 (day approximate) to June 1899 (year approximate)

The object was looted by Felix Norman Roth from Benin Kingdom.

Unknown

February 22, 1897 (year approximate) to December 17, 1897 (year approximate)

The object is known to have come into contact with Felix Norman Roth and Henry Ling Roth, later in Halifax.

Gift

1899

The object was given as a gift by Henry Ling Roth to the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum) from Halifax to Philadelphia.

Institution data

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum)

The data was transferred directly by the institution.

Last updated: 2022-05-19

Language: english

Institution field	Value
Object Number: (Object Numbers) object id	21153
Native Name: (Cultural Affiliations) edo designation
Description: (Collection Details) description	Bronze
Materials: (Production Details) material	Bronze
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Object Name: (Collection Details) object type	Bracelet
Iconography: (Subject) iconography
Date Made/Origin: (Date of Object) date made
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Manufacture Location/Mint: (Provenience Details)/Manufacture Location/Mint: (Production Details) production place
Place Name: (Place) production place	Nigeria\|Benin Kingdom
Place Type: (Place) production place	Country\|Kingdom
Credit Line prior source	Gift of Henry Ling Roth, 1899
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Culture: (Date of Object) ethnic attribution	Edo (Africa)
Department: (Object Details)/Department: (Collection Identification) department and institution	African
Location: (Current Location) display status	Collections Storage
Reference: (Bibliography) bibliography	[Catalogue, Exhibition] Curnow, Kathy. 2016. Iyare! Splendor and Tension In Benin's Palace Theatre.\|[Article] 1899. "Collections and Publications". Bulletin of the Free Museum of Science and Art. II (No. 1): 39-50.\|[Book] Roth, Henry L. 1899. Personal Ornaments from Benin. No. 1, 2. 8.
Website URL weblink	https://www.penn.museum/collections/object.php?irn=117052
Accession Lot: (Collection Details)	[1899-1]
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