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| Re: Benin Art And Architecture by PhysicsQED(m): 3:54am On Oct 18, 2012 |
 Object types lid (?) figure Materials brass Techniques lost-wax cast Place (findspot) Found/Acquired Benin City (Africa,Nigeria,Edo State,Benin City) Ethnic group Made by Edo Description Lid (?), disc (with group of three human figures) made of brass. Dimensions Height: 3 inches Curator's comments Register 1954 Brass: one human figure seated and two kneeling with a four-branched object between them, various animal and inanimate forms lie at their feet. The whole group stands on a cirvular, saucer-shaped base. The seated figure holds an object like a stone axe. |
| Re: Benin Art And Architecture by PhysicsQED(m): 4:13am On Oct 18, 2012 |
 Object types bell Materials iron brass Place (findspot) Found/Acquired Benin City (Africa,Nigeria,Edo State,Benin City) Ethnic group Made by Edo Description Bell made from brass and iron. Acquisition date 1900 Acquisition name Collected by Gen Sir William Charles Giffard Heneker Purchased from Rollin & Feuardent Exhibition History Exhibited: 1970-1973, London, Museum of Mankind, Divine Kingship in Africa |
| Re: Benin Art And Architecture by PhysicsQED(m): 4:14am On Oct 18, 2012 |
 Object types bell Materials bronze Techniques lost-wax cast Place (findspot) Found/Acquired Benin City (Africa,Nigeria,Edo State,Benin City) Ethnic group Made by Edo Description Bronze bell. Acquisition date 1905 Acquisition name Purchased from Maj W A Crawford Cockburn Exhibition History Exhibited: 1970-1973, London, Museum of Mankind, Divine Kingship in Africa |
| Re: Benin Art And Architecture by PhysicsQED(m): 4:16am On Oct 18, 2012 |
 Object types bell Materials bronze Techniques lost-wax cast Place (findspot) Found/Acquired Benin City (Africa,Nigeria,Edo State,Benin City) Ethnic group Made by Edo Description Bronze bell. Acquisition date 1944 Acquisition name Donated by Irene Marguerite Beasley Previous owner/ex-collection Harry Geoffrey Beasley Exhibition History Exhibited: 1970-1973, London, Museum of Mankind, Divine Kingship in Africa |
| Re: Benin Art And Architecture by PhysicsQED(m): 4:20am On Oct 18, 2012 |
 Object types pedestal Materials brass Techniques lost-wax cast Place (findspot) Found/Acquired Benin City (Africa,Nigeria,Edo State,Benin City) Ethnic group Made by Edo Description Bronze king's armrest. Dimensions Height: 35.5 inches Curator's comments Register 1954 Royal armrest: consists of a cylinder of sheet brass with sheet brass discs attached at top and bottom, the whole decorated with bands of repossé work representing human faces, animal forms and formal patterns. Bought, Foster. 20/10/32. 35/=. Plankensteiner 2007 This is an example of the arm rest that the king uses on those ritual occasions where he is seated on the pouf-like throne during annual refresher ceremonies where the traditional throne is required. The arm rest used today is made of wood and dried leather covered with scarlet red cloth (ododo). This arm rest is made of beaten brass (probably over a sturdy frame). The low relief designs are hammered out from the back by the repousse technique. Benin repousse objects including cylindrical bracelets and beaten costume ornaments are made by the brass casters and usually depict the same motifs found on cast art, but are less elegant and more amateurish than the cast bracelets. Except for the rope of the world iconography near the pedestal representing long life and the equal arm cross with the nearly the same meaning, the designs that appear here are either idiosyncratic or, more likely, represent the abstract powdered chalk designs made on performance spaces for cult ceremonies such as Olokun. One may assume that the designs on the arm rest allude to the king’s sacredness and majesty. It is not known when such types of armrests were introduced. This example might have been produced in the late 19th century and is reproduced on a photograph from 1897 showing assembled artworks in the ruins of the royal palace in Benin, owned by the National Army Museum in London. Acquisition date 1954 Acquisition name Collected by Foster Donated by Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine Exhibition History Exhibited: 1970-1973, London, Museum of Mankind, Divine Kingship in Africa 2007 May-Sept, Vienna, Museum für Völkerkunde, Benin. Kings and Rituals: Court Arts from Nigeria 2007-2008 Oct-Jan, Paris, Musée du quai Branly, Benin. Kings and Rituals: Court Arts from Nigeria 2008 Feb-May, Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum, Benin. Kings and Rituals: Court Arts from Nigeria |
| Re: Benin Art And Architecture by PhysicsQED(m): 4:22am On Oct 18, 2012 |
 Object types lid Materials brass Place (findspot) Found/Acquired Benin City (Africa,Nigeria,Edo State,Benin City) Description Lid (for box, with figures) made of brass. Acquisition date 1965 |
| Re: Benin Art And Architecture by PhysicsQED(m): 4:30am On Oct 18, 2012 |
    Object types gong bell Title (series) Benin Ivory Materials elephant ivory Techniques carved Place (findspot) Found/Acquired Benin City (Africa,Nigeria,Edo State,Benin City) Ethnic group Made by Edo Description Carved ivory double gong or bell, decorated with carved figures. Dimensions Height: 14 inches Curator's comments Register 1963: Ivory double-gong, of triangular shape with eliptical [sic] oval section. Main gong shows an abraxas figure on one side and an Oba with two supporting figures on the other, two nearly free standing figures are carved at each side of the mouth of the gong. The secondary gong arises at the base of the main gong and is joined to the same handle it also has two almost free standing figures on each side of the mouth. The carving is partly defaced. NIGERIA, BENIN Plankensteiner 2007: In customary belief, the rhythmic sound of a hand-held metal gong can heal illness, when struck gently with a rod. However, gongs of iron or bronze differ in their functions, since the qualities of each material differ. Iron is hard and strong, while copper alloys are softer but more lasting. A few of these instruments include the cup of a smaller gong attached at the front to produce an additional tone, and this type is called a double bell. Objects carved from ivory are restricted to the royal family and to certain favoured associates. Ivory is highly valued for many reasons. It is as white as Olokun's sacred kaolin clay, 'orhue', which brings purity and peace to anything it touches. Ivory is also difficult to obtain, beautiful, and luxurious. Six early ivory double bells survive, and four of these are carved with nearly identical power-engendering images. This intricate ivory is one of two especially fragile examples that are completely intact (the other is in the Lagos Museum of Nigeria). These 16th century bells are the precursors of a lovely ivory instrument used today by the Oba of Benin, during the rite called Ugie Emobo. The ritual occurs after the annual palace ceremonies that culminate in Igue and Ugie Erha Oba. During the annual ceremonies, the Oba's palace is open to all varieties of spirits, who are invited to partake of sacrifices offered to sustain their vigour. When the ceremonial festival is over, these visiting spirits are asked to leave Benin, and to move to the community of Udo, where similar ceremonies are about to begin. In the Emobo ritual, the Oba wears his most majestic beaded crown and accoutrements as he emerges from his palace grounds. Accompanied by musicians and retainers, he moves in a stately manner, tapping gently on the ivory double bell. His rhythmic tapping of the ivory is intended to calm and dismiss unruly spirits who are reluctant to depart. The carved images on these ivory bells are apotropaic, forcing disgruntled supernatural beings to distance themselves from Benin. Subject king/queen (all objects) Acquisition date 1963 Acquisition name Collected by Adm Sir George Leclerc Egerton (?) Donated by Mrs Margaret Plass Acquisition notes Register 1962: Collected by Admiral Egerton on the Benin Expedition of 1897. Exhibition History Exhibited: 1970-1973, London, Museum of Mankind, Divine Kingship in Africa 1995-1996, London, Royal Academy, Africa: The Art of a Continent 2007 May-Sept, Vienna, Museum für Völkerkunde, Benin. Kings and Rituals: Court Arts from Nigeria 2007-2008 Oct-Jan, Paris, Musée du quai Branly, Benin. Kings and Rituals: Court Arts from Nigeria 2008 Feb-May, Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum, Benin. Kings and Rituals: Court Arts from Nigeria 2008 Jun-Sept, Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, Benin. Kings and Rituals: Court Arts from Nigeria |
| Re: Benin Art And Architecture by PhysicsQED(m): 4:51am On Oct 18, 2012 |
 This is picture 90 from the book The Art of Benin by Paula Ben-Amos. The picture's not exactly perfect in terms of quality compared to the original image unfortunately. Here's the caption for the picture: "90 Oba Erediauwa at Emobo 1981" On the next page is an image of the same ivory gong already posted above and this is the caption: "91 Ivory gong. The Oba strikes an ivory gong to drive away evil forces. Similar rituals are carried out in villages when supernatural danger threatens. There, however, iron gongs are used. The royal gong is made of ivory, white being a symbol of ritual purity, and has carved designs of crocodiles, mudfish, water tortoises and snakes - all drawn from Olokun's pure and perfect world. The predominance of allusions to ritual purity reflects the ideal state to which Emobo aspires." |
| Re: Benin Art And Architecture by PhysicsQED(m): 4:57am On Oct 18, 2012 |
 Object types figure Materials bronze Techniques beaten Place (findspot) Found/Acquired Benin City (Africa,Nigeria,Edo State,Benin City) Ethnic group Made by Edo Description Figure with head-dress and fish-head feet made from beaten sheet bronze; possibly representing King. Curator's comments Register 1961 later addition [than others in collection Af1961,17]: Bronze-sheet figure with fish head feet. BENIN [?" the Oba in divine aspect"] SOUTHERN NIGERIA- BENIN Acquisition date 1961 Acquisition name Collected by Dr J Patrick Howe Donated by Mrs M B Jennings Acquisition notes Register 1961: Collected by Dr. J.P.Howe on the Benin Expedition of 1897. Exhibition History Exhibited: 1970-1973, London, Museum of Mankind, Divine Kingship in Africa |
| Re: Benin Art And Architecture by PhysicsQED(m): 5:02am On Oct 18, 2012 |
 Object types plaque Title (series) Benin Plaques Materials brass Techniques lost-wax cast Place (findspot) Found/Acquired Benin City (Africa,Nigeria,Edo State,Benin City) Ethnic group Made by Edo Description Relief plaque made of brass cast using the 'cire perdue' (lost wax) technique. Rectangular in form with side flanges (largely missing). Holes for attachment at top and bottom right. Background surface is decorated with stylised quatrefoil (river leaf) patterns and stippling. Depicts a drummer playing on two wooden slit drums. A cannon and a dish with a mudfish are shown in the top right. Dimensions Height: 45.4 centimetres Width: 29.8 centimetres Depth: 7.4 centimetres Curator's comments Register 1961: Brass plaque representing man seated cross-legged and playing on two slit gongs. At top left are three slacked miniature cannon, top right on object shaped like an acorn, below it a skewered mud fish in a bowl. Background decorated with flower motif. SOUTHERN NIGERIA-BENIN Plankensteiner 2007: The prominent drummer on this singular plaque with beads on his wrist and neck may have been a high-ranking member of a subsection of the Ogbelaka guild known as Ikpe-iwini. He was playing on the occasion of the investiture of a chief or during palace ceremonies such as the Igue festival. In the numerous festivals held throughout the year and especially in dances at the palace, drummers featured prominently. There exist various groups of drummers, from the Ikpema and the Ogbelaka guild. The musical instruments played on this plaque are cylindrical wooden slit-drums. The other object depicted on the upper right seems to be a cannon which distuinguishes this drummer as a member of the Ogbelaka. This guild comprises subsections of warriors, drummers, diviners and healers. Under the cannon the artist placed an offering bowl with a mudfish. Subject musician arms/armour Acquisition date 1961 Acquisition name Collected by Dr J Patrick Howe Purchased from Mrs M B Jennings Acquisition notes Register 1961: Collected by Dr. Howe on the Benin Expedition of 1897. Exhibition History Exhibited: 1970-1973, London, Museum of Mankind, Divine Kingship in Africa 2007 May-Sept, Vienna, Museum für Völkerkunde, Benin. Kings and Rituals: Court Arts from Nigeria 2007-2008 Oct-Jan, Paris, Musée du quai Branly, Benin. Kings and Rituals: Court Arts from Nigeria 2008 Feb-May, Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum, Benin. Kings and Rituals: Court Arts from Nigeria 2008 Jun-Sept, Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, Benin. Kings and Rituals: Court Arts from Nigeria |
| Re: Benin Art And Architecture by PhysicsQED(m): 5:05am On Oct 18, 2012 |
 Object types game-piece (?) figure Materials brass Techniques lost-wax cast Place (findspot) Found/Acquired Benin City (Africa,Nigeria,Edo State,Benin City) Ethnic group Made by Edo Description Register 1962: Brass casting of an elaborately dressed figure, carrying a stick and a sword and mounted on a convex hemispherical base. This miniature brass figure of [a King] of Benin is probably a piece in a board game. Dimensions Height: 2.8 inches Curator's comments Register 1962: Brass casting of an elaborately dressed figure, carrying a stick and a sword and mounted on a convex hemispherical base. This miniature brass figure of an oba of Benin is probably a piece in a board game such as that illustrated in 'Antique Works of Art from Benin', collected by Lieutenant general Pitt-Rivers Plate XXVIII Fig 184 M85. S. NIGERIA-BENIN. Subject king/queen Acquisition date 1962 Acquisition name Donated by Mrs Estelle W Fuller Exhibition History Exhibited: 1970-1973, London, Museum of Mankind, Divine Kingship in Africa 1991 Feb-Apr, Norwich, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Man and Metal in Ancient Nigeria |
| Re: Benin Art And Architecture by PhysicsQED(m): 5:06am On Oct 18, 2012 |
I would be interested in knowing what board game that specific piece would have been used for and how it was used. If anyone has any ideas, let me know. |
| Re: Benin Art And Architecture by PhysicsQED(m): 5:09am On Oct 18, 2012 |
 Object types cup (?) Materials lead (?) brass Techniques riveted lost-wax cast Place (findspot) Found/Acquired Benin City (Africa,Nigeria,Edo State,Benin City) Ethnic group Made by Edo Description Register 1961: Brass cup? with chevron decoration, three rivets in bottom; with lead?. Dimensions Diameter: 3.7 inches Condition Register 1961: Bottom..has a small break. Curator's comments Register 1961: Brass cup? with chevron decoration, three rivets in bottom, which has a small break. SOUTHERN NIGERIA- BENIN Acquisition date 1961 Acquisition name Collected by Dr J Patrick Howe Donated by Mrs M B Jennings Acquisition notes Register 1961: Collected by Dr. J.P.Howe on the Benin Expedition of 1897. |
| Re: Benin Art And Architecture by PhysicsQED(m): 5:11am On Oct 18, 2012 |
 Object types comb Title (series) Benin Ivory Materials elephant ivory Techniques carved Place (findspot) Found/Acquired Benin City (Africa,Nigeria,Edo State,Benin City) Ethnic group Made by Edo Description Register 1958: Ivory comb with horseman in sixteenth-century costume on top. Dimensions Length: 12.4 inches Curator's comments Register 1958: Ivory comb with horseman in C16 costume on top. 1&2 BENIN, NIGERIA Subject equestrian Acquisition date 1958 Acquisition name Purchased from H A N Berry Exhibition History Exhibited: 1970-1973, London, Museum of Mankind, Divine Kingship in Africa |
| Re: Benin Art And Architecture by PhysicsQED(m): 5:15am On Oct 18, 2012 |
 Object types altar (?) Materials bronze Place (findspot) Found/Acquired Benin City (Africa,Nigeria,Edo State,Benin City) Description Part of altar of the hand? made of bronze. Curator's comments Initially 1981 loan. Acquisition date 1984 |
| Re: Benin Art And Architecture by PhysicsQED(m): 5:18am On Oct 18, 2012 |
 Object types sculpture panel Materials wood Techniques carved Place (findspot) Found/Acquired Benin City (Africa,Nigeria,Edo State,Benin City) Ethnic group Made by Edo Description Carved wooden panel depicting human figures. Dimensions Length: 26 inches Width: 11.5 inches Curator's comments Register 1954 Another [carved panel], similar [to Af1954,23.299], with four standing figures and five attached human heads. Acquisition date 1954 |
| Re: Benin Art And Architecture by PhysicsQED(m): 5:20am On Oct 18, 2012 |
 Object types ornament Materials brass Place (findspot) Found/Acquired Benin City (Africa,Nigeria,Edo State,Benin City) Description Register 1954 Brass sheet in strips with pinched and cut out decoration, 7 in all.(d) 1 strip, 8 1/2" long with punch dot lattice pattern. Dimensions Length: 8.5 inches Curator's comments Register 1954 Brass sheet in strips with pinched and cut out decoration, 7 in all, as shown:- (d) 1 strip, 8 1/2" long with punch dot lattice pattern. (Probably intended as ornaments to be attached to dress or wood carving. But cf Antique Works of Art from Benin. Pitt Rivers Plate 40, 312 and 313.) Each strip is marked in ink: R9556/1936. Acquisition date 1954 |
| Re: Benin Art And Architecture by PhysicsQED(m): 5:22am On Oct 18, 2012 |
 Object types bangle Materials bronze Place (findspot) Found/Acquired Benin City (South) (Africa,Nigeria,Edo State,Benin City) Description Bangle with animals made of bronze. |
| Re: Benin Art And Architecture by PhysicsQED(m): 5:27am On Oct 18, 2012 |
 Object types armlet Materials metal Place (findspot) Found/Acquired Benin City (Africa,Nigeria,Edo State,Benin City) Description Armlet made of metal. |
| Re: Benin Art And Architecture by PhysicsQED(m): 5:28am On Oct 18, 2012 |
 Object types necklet (?) armlet (?) Materials metal Place (findspot) Found/Acquired Benin City (Africa,Nigeria,Edo State,Benin City) Description Armlet(?), necklet(?) made of metal. |
| Re: Benin Art And Architecture by PhysicsQED(m): 5:30am On Oct 18, 2012 |
 Object types lamp Materials metal Place (findspot) Found/Acquired Benin City (Africa,Nigeria,Edo State,Benin City) Description Lamp made of metal. |
| Re: Benin Art And Architecture by PhysicsQED(m): 5:42am On Oct 18, 2012 |
 Object types arm-ring Materials brass Techniques lost-wax cast Place (findspot) Found/Acquired Benin City (Africa,Nigeria,Edo State,Benin City) Ethnic group Made by Edo Description Arm-ring made of brass. Dimensions Diameter: 4 inches Curator's comments Register 1961: Brass arm-ring with human head. SOUTHERN NIGERIA- BENIN |
| Re: Benin Art And Architecture by PhysicsQED(m): 5:46am On Oct 18, 2012 |
  Object types musical instrument Materials wood skin Place (findspot) Found/Acquired Benin City (Africa,Nigeria,Edo State,Benin City) Description Musical instrument made of wood,skin. |
| Re: Benin Art And Architecture by PhysicsQED(m): 5:47am On Oct 18, 2012 |
 Object types staff Materials iron Place (findspot) Found/Acquired Benin City (Africa,Nigeria,Edo State,Benin City) Description Staff (with leopards) made of iron. |
| Re: Benin Art And Architecture by PhysicsQED(m): 5:48am On Oct 18, 2012 |
 Object types knife Materials wood iron Place (findspot) Found/Acquired Benin City (Africa,Nigeria,Edo State,Benin City) Ethnic group Made by Edo Description Knife made of iron, wood. Acquisition date 1944 |
| Re: Benin Art And Architecture by PhysicsQED(m): 5:51am On Oct 18, 2012 |
 Object types flask Materials bronze Place (findspot) Found/Acquired Benin City (Africa,Nigeria,Edo State,Benin City) Description Flask made of bronze. |
| Re: Benin Art And Architecture by PhysicsQED(m): 5:56am On Oct 18, 2012 |
  Object types pectoral mask Materials bronze Techniques lost-wax cast Place (findspot) Found/Acquired Benin City (Africa,Nigeria,Edo State,Benin City) Ethnic group Made by Edo Description Bronze lost-wax cast pectoral mask with ornamentation of snakes, frogs etc. Dimensions Length: 6 inches Curator's comments Register 1957: Bronze cast pectoral mask with ornamentation of snakes, frogs etc. [Possibly for the cult of Odudua; similar to [Af1897-529]] Subject reptile amphibian Acquisition date 1957 |
| Re: Benin Art And Architecture by PhysicsQED(m): 6:00am On Oct 18, 2012 |
 Object types figure Materials brass Techniques embossed Place (findspot) Found/Acquired Benin City (Africa,Nigeria,Edo State,Benin City) Ethnic group Made by Edo Description Brass figure of a leopard, in sheet brass with the spots and other features stamped on it. Dimensions Length: 8.3 inches |
| Re: Benin Art And Architecture by PhysicsQED(m): 6:03am On Oct 18, 2012 |
 Object types bell Materials brass Techniques lost-wax cast Place (findspot) Found/Acquired Benin City (Africa,Nigeria,Edo State,Benin City) Ethnic group Made by Edo Description Brass bell with handle in form of a standing human figure with beaded cap and collar. Dimensions Length: 2.75 inches Curator's comments For attached sword-model (b), see separate record. Attached to Af1954,23.284.b Register 1954 Brass, globular bell surmounted by a standing figure with beaded cap and collar. |
| Re: Benin Art And Architecture by PhysicsQED(m): 6:09am On Oct 18, 2012 |
 Object types comb Materials wood Techniques carved Place (findspot) Found/Acquired Benin City (Africa,Nigeria,Edo State,Benin City) Description Hair comb; carved of wood; roughly rectangular piece of wood, carved with thirteen teeth at one end, rounded section with geometric patterns at top of teeth; handle consists of section carved to resemble three links of chain; above chain human figure. Dimensions Length: 44 centimetres Width: 9 centimetres Depth: 2.5 centimetres Length: 17.5 inches |
| Re: Benin Art And Architecture by PhysicsQED(m): 6:12am On Oct 18, 2012 |
 Object types staff (?) rattle baton (?) Materials brass Techniques lost-wax cast Place (findspot) Found/Acquired Benin City (Africa,Nigeria,Edo State,Benin City) Ethnic group Made by Edo Description Rattle (from staff or baton?, surmounted by elephant) made of brass. Dimensions Height: 18.6 inches Curator's comments Register 1954 Brass, two-chambered rattle of cylindrical form, decorated with guilloche pattern, surmounted by the figure of an elephant, the bottom is broken. (Presumably the head of a staff or baton.) (Cf. Antique works of Art from Benin. Pitt-Rivers Plt. XI.) Nevins Collection, 1927. Acquisition date 1954 Acquisition name Collected by H Nevins Donated by Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine Exhibition History Exhibited: 1970-1973, London, Museum of Mankind, Divine Kingship in Africa |
| Re: Benin Art And Architecture by PhysicsQED(m): 6:15am On Oct 18, 2012 |
 Object types cup Materials wood Place (findspot) Found/Acquired Benin City (Africa,Nigeria,Edo State,Benin City) Ethnic group Made by Edo Description Wooden cup. Dimensions Height: 3.75 inches Curator's comments Register 1954 Carved wood cup, a human face in high relief on one side with triangular decoration below. Acquisition date 1954 |
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