Object ID
X65.10878
Edo designations
English designations
Gong
Categories
Musical Instruments
Location
308 Charles E Young Dr N, Los Angeles, CA 90024, United States
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Provenance

4 events
Production
1922 (approximate)
The object was produced by Unknown member(s) of the Igun-Ẹrọnmwọn guild in Benin City.
Exhibition
April 1924 to October 31, 1925
The object was exhibited at Wembley Park.
Purchase
1924
The object was purchased by Henry Solomon Wellcome, London Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine and the Wellcome Collection in London.
Gift
1965
The object was given as a gift by Wellcome Trust to the Fowler Museum at UCLA from London to Los Angeles.

Institution data

Fowler Museum at UCLA
The data was transferred directly by the institution.
Last updated: 2021-07-30
Language: english
Institution fieldValue
Object ID
object id
X65.10878
description
description
Materials
material
COPPER ALLOY
Dimensions
dimensions
H: 20.32 cm, W: 10.16 cm
Object Name
object type
BELL
Date
date made
1924, WEMBLEY EXHIBITION? 1924-1925
Geographical area
production place
BENIN CITY, BENIN KINGDOM, SOUTH NIGERIA
Party
prior source
Sir Henry Wellcome, British Empire Exhibition, Wellcome Trust
Evidence 1
provenance
Evidence 2
provenance
Country Culture
ethnic attribution
Culture Group
ethnic attribution
EDO (NIGERIAN)
Party Notes
notes
Nigeria Pavilion
summary of curatorial notes archival research thus far summer 2021
notes
status
legal status
Old Numbers
29155A
Party Lot Number
provenance list known dates
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