Edo designations mentioned
Institution data
| Institution field | Value |
|---|---|
Reg No. | Af,A154.53 |
PRN | EPF11254 |
Add ID/s | 6382 (William Webster number)~6935 (William Webster number)~7135-7 (William Webster numbers) |
Bibliography | King & Waterfield 2006: ~Webster 1898-9: Cat.21, figs.122-126 |
Title/s | Benin Bronzes and Ivories (Series) |
Object Name/s | photographic print (black and white)~album |
Material/s | paper |
Technique/s | photographic process |
Description (full) | Photograph (black and white); mounted on card, part of a bound album. View of five objects: brass figure with hands in front; brass bell; brass figure with sword; two brass altars of the hand. Photographic process. |
Dimension/s | Height: 24.00 cm (page)~Width: 27.40 cm (page) |
Subject/s | |
Previous Owner | Previous owner/ex-collection: William Downing Webster |
Date/s | 1898-1899 (circa) |
Prod. Place/s | Photographed in: London |
Assoc. Ethnic Name/s | Associated with: Edo |
Assoc. Place/s | Associated with: Benin City |
Assoc. Event/s | Associated Event: British Expedition to Benin City - 1897 |
Inscription/s | Inscription:~ Inscription details: inscription (front of mount; below photograph) in English~ Inscription quoted: 122. Bronze figure. 16 1/2 inches high. £25.0.0. sold to Gen Pitt. Rivers. 123. Bronze bell. 9 inches high. £7.0.0. sold to Dresden Museum. 124. Bronze figure. 18 1/2 inches high. £25.0.0. sold to Berlin Museum. 125. Bronze base. with seven figures. 10 5/8 inches high. £35.0.0. sold to Vienna Museum. 126. Bronze base. with seven figures. 10 1/8 inches high. £35.0.0. sold to Dresden Museum.~ Inscription note: Handwritten in black ink. Description of objects from the Kingdom of Benin, with indicative purchase prices and names of vendors. |
Curator's Comment/s | This album contains photographs of objects from the Kingdom of Benin, Nigeria sold by the London-based dealer, William Downing Webster. Many of the photographs are annotated with information relating to the vendor/s and some include purchase prices. It is likely that the photographic series was compiled by Webster in the early 1900s. The objects depicted in this photograph were sold by William Webster as follows: 122. unknown. 123. to Arthur Baessler in 1899. Donated by Baessler in same year to the State Ethnographic Collections of Saxony - Museum für Völkerkunde Dresden. Accession number: 16105. 124. to the Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin in 1899. Accession number: III C 9948. 125. to the Weltmuseum Wien (Vienna) in 1901. Accession number: VO_68699. 126. to Arthur Baessler in 1899. Donated by Baessler in same year to the State Ethnographic Collections of Saxony - Museum für Völkerkunde Dresden. Accession number: 16110. |
URL | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/EA_Af-A154-53 |
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