210402 Catalog Card

Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Chicago Natural History Museum - Ethnology | 22-27 | Provenience: Benin, Nigeria | People or Culture: Bini | Object: "Shrapnel" charge | Material: Bamboo, iron | Description: "Charge of shot fired from a cannon obtained from the Portuguese. Collection of Ralph F. Locke, 1897." Acquired by Fuller December 1927. A charge of shrapnel made of a number of bamboo splints, wrapped at 5 points along their lengths with rattan, to form a cylinder containing jagged lumps of iron. Photo on reverse side | Dimensions: (in cm.) L. 28.9 | Collection: Fuller Collection: presented by Mrs. A.W.F. Fuller, 13 November 1963 [LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | 210402 | Field No. 340 R. 3/21 | 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: Aidan Hercules : 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: A. Hercules, C. J. Philipp, J. W. Kennedy. (c) Field Museum of Natural History. CC BY-NC 4.0. https://mm.fieldmuseum.org/c48f7964-78e1-4c39-8bb1-5fd03d0c8a03 (accessed on 31 Jul 2023)
Media File URL: http://fm-digital-assets.fieldmuseum.org/386/003/210402CC.pdf
Associated Catalog Number(s)
  • 210402.nosub[1]
Associated Specimen(s)
Taxon Coverage
  • 2227: West Africa: hunting and warfare: general
Related Geography: Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Africa
scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Chicago Natural History Museum - Ethnology | 22-27 | Provenience: Benin, Nigeria | People or Culture: Bini | Object: "Shrapnel" charge | Material: Bamboo, iron | Description: "Charge of shot fired from a cannon obtained from the Portuguese. Collection of Ralph F. Locke, 1897." Acquired by Fuller December 1927. A charge of shrapnel made of a number of bamboo splints, wrapped at 5 points along their lengths with rattan, to form a cylinder containing jagged lumps of iron. Photo on reverse side | Dimensions: (in cm.) L. 28.9 | Collection: Fuller Collection: presented by Mrs. A.W.F. Fuller, 13 November 1963 [LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | 210402 | Field No. 340 R. 3/21 | Neg. No. | Acc. 2815 [BACK] [PHOTOGRAPH]
IRN: 386003
GUID: c48f7964-78e1-4c39-8bb1-5fd03d0c8a03