210271 Catalog Card

Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Chicago Natural History Museum - Ethnology | 22-38 | Provenience: Benin, Nigeria | People or Culture: Bini | Object: Bracelet | Material: Bronze | Description: Collected by Ralph Locke, one of the two survivors of the Benin Massacre in 1897. Acquired by Fuller 15 June 1937. A heavy cast bracelet decorated in low relief by a series of forms giving an appearance to the whole of being twisted. The form is not a complete circle; each end forms a flattened surface which is chased. Photo on reverse side | Dimensions: (in cm.) Max. diam. 10.2; thickness 3.8 | Collection: Fuller Collection: presented by Mrs. A.W.F. Fuller, 13 November 1963 [LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | 210271 | Field No. 62 R. 3/34 | Neg. No. | Acc. 2815 [BACK] [PHOTOGRAPH]
Attribution: (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
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Department(s)
  • Anthropology
Creator(s)
  • Scanner: Mr. Christopher J. Philipp : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology
  • Transcriber: Julia W. Kennedy : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology Collections
Physical Size and Format: PDF document
Citation: Courtesy of: C. J. Philipp, J. W. Kennedy. (c) Field Museum of Natural History. CC BY-NC 4.0. https://mm.fieldmuseum.org/1af258b8-5386-49f2-bf27-d92a89adfe3c (accessed on 13 Jan 2022)
Media File URL: http://fm-digital-assets.fieldmuseum.org/383/834/210271CC.pdf
Associated Catalog Number(s)
  • 210271.nosub[1]
Associated Specimen(s)
Taxon Coverage
  • 2238: West Africa: ornaments: arm ornaments
Related Geography: Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Africa
scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Chicago Natural History Museum - Ethnology | 22-38 | Provenience: Benin, Nigeria | People or Culture: Bini | Object: Bracelet | Material: Bronze | Description: Collected by Ralph Locke, one of the two survivors of the Benin Massacre in 1897. Acquired by Fuller 15 June 1937. A heavy cast bracelet decorated in low relief by a series of forms giving an appearance to the whole of being twisted. The form is not a complete circle; each end forms a flattened surface which is chased. Photo on reverse side | Dimensions: (in cm.) Max. diam. 10.2; thickness 3.8 | Collection: Fuller Collection: presented by Mrs. A.W.F. Fuller, 13 November 1963 [LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | 210271 | Field No. 62 R. 3/34 | Neg. No. | Acc. 2815 [BACK] [PHOTOGRAPH]
IRN: 383834
GUID: 1af258b8-5386-49f2-bf27-d92a89adfe3c