Auction Catalogue
Unit
J. C. Stevens Auction Catalogues
Institution
British Museum
Date
June 5, 1898 to June 6, 1898
Actors
Source actors
Stevens Auction Rooms
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Edo designations mentioned

8 items
Uhunmwu-Elao
Uhunmwu-Elao
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Commemorative Head, Udo-Style Head
Ama
Ama-Ẹrọnmwọn
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Relief Plaque, U-Shaped Plaque
Aken'ni Elao
Aken'ni Elao
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Altar Tusk
Ugbudian
Ugbudian
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Flywhisk
Ẹkpoki
Ẹkpoki
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Chest
Uhunmwu elao ọghe Iy’ọba
Uhunmwu elao ọghe Iy’ọba
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Commemorative Queen Mother Head
Uhunmwu-Ẹkuẹ
Uhunmwu-Ẹkuẹ
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Pendant Mask
Ẹrhu
Ẹrhu
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Headwear
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Institution data

Institution fieldValue
Reg No.
Af,B115.2
PRN
EPF11314
Add ID/s
MISC.B. 21/7~*H6 [Stevens Sales Catalogies 9842-3] (AOA library shelf mark)
Title/s
Curiosities. A Catalogue of a Choice and Valuable Collection of Curios (Object)
Object Name/s
catalogue
Material/s
paper
Technique/s
printed
Description (full)
Auction catalogue: J. C. Stevens. Quarto; bound in boards, buckram spine with gold lettering. Text printed in black and white, with handwritten annotations.
Dimension/s
Height: 20.40 cm~Width: 16.30 cm (closed)
Producer/s
Printed by: Pettitt & Cox
Date/s
1898
Prod. Place/s
Printed in: London
Assoc. Name/s
Made for: Stevens‘ Auction Rooms Ltd
Assoc. Ethnic Name/s
Associated with: Edo
Assoc. Place/s
Associated with: Benin City (Lots 149-157; 158-171)
Inscription/s
Inscription:~ Inscription details: annotation (inside catalogue, margins) in English~ Inscription quoted: ~ Inscription note: Handwritten in pencil. Names of vendors and purchase prices.
Curator s Comment/s
J.C. Stevens auction catalogue, Tuesday 5 & Wednesday 6 July 1898. Sale Nos. 9842-3. Objects associated with the Kingdom of Benin as follows: Lots 149-157, pp.9-10. ‘A choice and intersting Collection of Curios from Benin. From the Palace and House of Obbour, late King of Benin‘. Lots 158-171, p.10. ‘Another Collection from Benin‘. By jhudson 11 May 2023
URL
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/EA_Af-B115-2
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