Catalogue
Acc/ID Number
WA503012
Institution
Royal Pavilion & Museums Trust
Edo designations
English designations
Hen Figure
Categories
Figures
Location
Pavilion Parade, Brighton BN1 1EE, United Kingdom
Hen Figure
Hen Figure

Iconographies

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Iyeọkhọkhọ
Hen

The Iyeọkhọkhọ (hen figures) are used by chiefs and commoners on female altars. These differ from cast brass or bronze Ọkporhu, which are only to be used on royal ancestral altars for the Iy’Ọba.

Iyeọkhọkhọ are carved in wood and usually depicted with a plump body and stylised motifs to represent the feathers. They are often painted, and on some occasions brass sheeting is overlaid on the surface. According to Seige (in Plankensteiner, 2007, p.412[17]), hens ‘symbolise maternal care and love, in particular they protect the chicks by spreading their wings over them’.

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Iyeọkhọkhọ

Provenance

3 events
Production
unknown to 1916 (approximate)
The object was produced by Unknown member(s) of the Igun-Ẹrọnmwọn guild in Benin City.
Unknown
1911 to 1916 (approximate)
The object is known to have come into contact with Charles George & Lady Grey, in Nigeria.
Donation
1948
The object was donated by Charles George & Lady Grey to the Royal Pavilion & Museums Trust from Hassocks to Brighton.

Institution data

Royal Pavilion & Museums Trust
The data was transferred directly by the institution.
Last updated: 2022-02-10
Language: english
Institution fieldValue
Acc/ID Number
object id
WA503012
Object Name
designation
Figure; Chicken
Description
description
REPRENSENTATION OF A CHICKEN
Description/Acquisition Overview
description
39 Ethnographic specimens from Nigeria (see PDF 'R4689_Acc Register List') for all objects. Accession register images; dmas_rgregb_1948_d04.tif and dmas_rgregb_1948_d11.tif and dmas_rgregb_1948_d12.tif.
Materials
material
Brass
Measurements
dimensions
0122/0000/0000
Record Type
object type
Core
Date Created
date made
Pre 1948
Place Created
production place
BENIN; NIGERIA; AFRICA WEST
Credit Line
prior source
Donated to Brighton Museum & Art Gallery by Lady Grey in June 1948
Donor
prior source
Lady Grey, Wife of Sir Charles Grey. Address in Register (1935) Rodstone, Friars Oak, Hassocks
Collector
provenance
Lady Grey; Sir Charles Grey
Object (hi)story
provenance
Date Collected
date collected
Pre 1948
Place Collected
place collected
Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
Cultural Grp
ethnic attribution
EDO; BINI
Department
department and institution
World Art
Acquistion date
accession date
6/4/48
New research info 2022
notes
Charles Grey additional info: birth 26/06/1880, death 12/12/1957. 4th Baronet of Fallodon. Son of Harry George Grey and Charlotte Cockburn Grey. Left no heir so this brother Sir Harry Martin Grey, became 5th Baronet, of Fallodon. Medic in West Africa.
Ext Exhib History
exhibition history
Legal Status
legal status
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Creator
Documentation Issues
History file contents
Loan Allowed?
Y
Other no.
R4689/8
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