Catalogue
Object number
AE:1900.126
Institution
National Museum of Ireland
Edo designations
English designations
Armcuff
Categories
Ceremonial Regalia
Location
Kildare St, Dublin 2, Ireland
Armcuff
Armcuff

Provenance

4 events
Production
unknown to February 22, 1897 (day approximate)
The object was produced by Unknown member(s) of the Igun-Ẹrọnmwọn guild in Benin City.
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
1900
The object is known to have come into contact with William Downing Webster, later in Bicester.
Purchase
1900
The object was purchased by the National Museum of Ireland from William Downing Webster from Bicester to Dublin.

Related archival documents

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An archival document representing a Inventories of 404 page(s)
Inventory
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Stock books
Date
January 18, 1897 to March 26, 1900
An archival document representing a Sales Catalogs of 46 page(s)
Sales Catalogue
Wellcome Collection
Catalogue of ethnological specimens : European and Eastern arms & armour, Prehistoric and other curiosities / W.D. Webster, Oxford House, Bicester, Oxon., England.
Date
January 1, 1900 to December 31, 1900
An archival document representing a Sales Catalog of 31 page(s)
Sales Catalogue
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Thomas J. Watson Library sales and auction catalogues
Date
February 1, 1900 to February 28, 1900

Institution data

National Museum of Ireland
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Last updated: 2022-07-13
Language: english
Institution fieldValue
Object number
object id
AE:1900.126
Object name
designation
object type
armlet
Description
description
Number 13 (9819) in the Webster Catalogue (Cat. No. 24, Feb 1900), which notes 'bronze armlet with openwork ornamentation, 5 3/4 inches broad, 3L10s', Noted as from Benin City West Africa, taken at the fall of the city in February 1897, by the British Pu , under the command of Admiral Rawson. Ilustrated p.4 of the catalogue Cylindrical armlet, decorated with interlaced cross-cross designs, and spirals at base and top. '9819' written on object
Production place
production place
Benin City, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
Acquisition source
prior source
Webster, W.D.
Notes
notes
Images
images
Yes
License
"This image is reproduced with the kind permission of the National Museum of Ireland, in whom the copyright vests. The image may not be copied in any form or medium, nor made available by any means without the consent of the copyright owner."
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