Provenance

3 events

Looted

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

The object was looted by Unknown member of the British colonial military campaign on Benin - February 1897 from Benin Kingdom.

Unknown

February 22, 1897 (day approximate) to 1900

The object is known to have come into contact with Harold St. George Gray.

Unknown

1900

The object is known to have come into contact with Harold St. George Gray and the Pitt Rivers Museum, later in Oxford.

Institution data

Pitt Rivers Museum

The data was transferred directly by the institution.

Last updated: 2021-07-20

Language: english

Institution field	Value
Accession Number object id	1900.32.4
Description description	String of tubular coral beads, probably from a ceremonial flywhisk. [MdeA 29/8/2001]
Material / Process material	Material of original: Coral; Material of original: Bead; Material of original: String
Dimensions dimensions	Length: max 340,00 mm
Keywords object type	Keyword: Bead; Keyword: Ornament; Keyword: Flywhisk
No. of objects object count	1
Dating date made	Date made: 1900
Geographical Provenance production place	Africa -> Western Africa -> Nigeria, Benin City
Persons prior source	PRM source: Harold St. George Gray
Provenance prior source provenance	Other Owners, Harold St. George Gray
When Collected date collected	When collected:
Cultural Groups ethnic attribution	-> Edo
Acquired accession date	Acquired: 1900
Primary Documentation notes	Accession book entry: : ‘H.St.G. Gray Pitt Rivers Museum - September...String of coral beads, Benin city, W. Africa.’; Pitt Rivers Museum label: : [old] - STRING OF CORAL, PROBABLY PORTION OF A CEREMONIAL FLY-WHISK. BENIN CITY, W. AFRICA. Pres: by H. ST. G. GRAY, 1900. [rev] 1900.32.4 [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 24/6/2005]
Research Notes notes	Research Notes: Apparently not listed in Philip J. C. Dark, An Illustrated Catalogue of Benin Art, Boston, MA: G. K. Hall, 1982. [MdeA 29/8/2001]
Archaological / Ethnographic	E
Archival documentation ID
Class	Class: Bead; Class: Ornament; Class: Fan
Collection Type	Object
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