210294 Catalog Card
Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Chicago Natural History Museum - Ethnology | 22-3 | Provenience: Benin, Nigeria | People or Culture: Bini | Object: Figure | Material: Bronze | Description: Catalogue plate XIX. Collected by Dr. J. G Whittendale, late of Lime House, Bishop's Waltham (see Webster's Catalogue No. 29, fig. 141). Acquired by Fuller 28 April, 1917. Figure cast on a brass rod, wearing a coral-bead shirt and cap, which has wings to it. Large agate bead suspended from a single-stranded necklace (coral) upon his chest. | Dimensions: (in cm.) Ht. 26.6 | Collection: Fuller Collection: presented by Mrs. A.W.F. Fuller, 13 November 1963 [LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | 210294 | Field No. 101 R. 3/36 | Neg. No. 99482 | Acc. 2815
Creator(s)
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Scanner:
Mr. Ryan Gross : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology
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Project leader:
Mr. Christopher J. Philipp : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology
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Transcriber:
Julia W. Kennedy : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology Collections
Physical Size and Format: PDF document
Citation: Courtesy of: R. Gross, C. J. Philipp, J. W. Kennedy. (c) Field Museum of Natural History. CC BY-NC 4.0. https://mm.fieldmuseum.org/67be4976-d6a0-4810-925a-40838d04f256 (accessed on 13 Jan 2022)
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Taxon Coverage
- 2203: West Africa: carvings, castings: metal
Related Geography: Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Africa