210372 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: Shield plaque | Material: Bronze | Description: Believed by Fuller to be same plaque as #210373. Fragment of a shield plaque decorated with an elephant's head, the remains of a ram's head, a mud fish, a head with snakes issuing from the nostrils. Photo on reverse side | Dimensions: (in cm.) Ht. 26.0; w. 17.4 | Collection: Fuller Collection: presented by Mrs. A.W.F. Fuller, 13 November 1963 [LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | 210372 | Field No. 294 R. 0/77 | 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. Ryan Gross : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology
  • Project leader: 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: R. Gross, C. J. Philipp, J. W. Kennedy. (c) Field Museum of Natural History. CC BY-NC 4.0. https://mm.fieldmuseum.org/9ec85b7e-ab33-4461-af9d-b609258ce367 (accessed on 31 Jul 2023)
Media File URL: http://fm-digital-assets.fieldmuseum.org/348/168/210372CC.pdf
Associated Catalog Number(s)
  • 210372.nosub[1]
Associated Specimen(s)
Taxon Coverage
  • 2203: West Africa: carvings, castings: metal
Related Geography: Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Africa
scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Chicago Natural History Museum - Ethnology | 22-3 | Provenience: Benin, Nigeria | People or Culture: Bini | Object: Shield plaque | Material: Bronze | Description: Believed by Fuller to be same plaque as #210373. Fragment of a shield plaque decorated with an elephant's head, the remains of a ram's head, a mud fish, a head with snakes issuing from the nostrils. Photo on reverse side | Dimensions: (in cm.) Ht. 26.0; w. 17.4 | Collection: Fuller Collection: presented by Mrs. A.W.F. Fuller, 13 November 1963 [LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | 210372 | Field No. 294 R. 0/77 | Neg. No. | Acc. 2815 [BACK] [PHOTOGRAPH]
IRN: 348168
GUID: 9ec85b7e-ab33-4461-af9d-b609258ce367