210296 Catalog Card

Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Chicago Natural History Museum - Ethnology | 22-2 | Provenience: Benin, Nigeria | People or Culture: Bini | Object: Figure | Material: Ivory | Description: Catalogue plate XII. "This [figure] stood on a post close to and in front of the King's house. It was collected by Fr. Felix Normal Roth in 1897 when medical officer to the expedition to Benin City and remained on clearing up after the forces had left. Acquired from his widow Mrs. Winifred N-R. through H. Ling Roth [in] whose 'Great Benin' 1903, [see] p.201, fig. 210 for a plate of this specimen." Acquired by Fuller 17 May 1923. Deposited on loan at British Museum. OVER Photo on reverse side | Dimensions: (in cm.) Ht. 39.4 | Collection: Fuller Collection: presented by Mrs. A.W.F. Fuller, 13 November 1963 [LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | 210296 | Field No. 105 R. 3/35 | Neg. No. 99488 99556 | Acc. 2815 [BACK] [PHOTOGRAPH] Figure of a king on a throne with the forearms missing.
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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/5fed2f40-d640-46b0-8bb1-450068d77f58 (accessed on 13 Jan 2022)
Media File URL: http://fm-digital-assets.fieldmuseum.org/343/493/210296CC.pdf
Associated Catalog Number(s)
  • 210296.B | 210296.D | 210296.C | 210296.A | 210296
Associated Specimen(s)
Taxon Coverage
  • 2202: West Africa: carvings, castings: ivory
Related Geography: Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Africa
scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Chicago Natural History Museum - Ethnology | 22-2 | Provenience: Benin, Nigeria | People or Culture: Bini | Object: Figure | Material: Ivory | Description: Catalogue plate XII. "This [figure] stood on a post close to and in front of the King's house. It was collected by Fr. Felix Normal Roth in 1897 when medical officer to the expedition to Benin City and remained on clearing up after the forces had left. Acquired from his widow Mrs. Winifred N-R. through H. Ling Roth [in] whose 'Great Benin' 1903, [see] p.201, fig. 210 for a plate of this specimen." Acquired by Fuller 17 May 1923. Deposited on loan at British Museum. OVER Photo on reverse side | Dimensions: (in cm.) Ht. 39.4 | Collection: Fuller Collection: presented by Mrs. A.W.F. Fuller, 13 November 1963 [LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | 210296 | Field No. 105 R. 3/35 | Neg. No. 99488 99556 | Acc. 2815 [BACK] [PHOTOGRAPH] Figure of a king on a throne with the forearms missing.
IRN: 343493
GUID: 5fed2f40-d640-46b0-8bb1-450068d77f58