Accession No
E 1902.109
Description
Urhukpa-Ẹvbi. Oil lamp made of iron. Wide, flat saucer attached to a pair of cross hooprs from the centre of which the trimming apparatus is hung by long linked chains. The lamp is suspended by a four-linked chain with right-angled hook and spiral-twisted shank.
Place
Africa; West Africa; Nigeria; [Kingdom of Benin]; Edo State; Benin City; Oba's Palace
Period
Source
British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin [collector]; Stevens [vendor]; Bevan, Anthony Ashley (Professor) [monetary donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
E 1902.109; MAA: ?AR 1903.419; 11358
Cultural Affliation
Edo
Material
Metal; Iron
Local Term
Urhukpa-Ẹvbi
Measurements
279mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
The number '11358' has been written on the object.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Related Documents)
Replacement catalogue card reads, in blue biro: "1902 E 109 | AFRICA | WEST AFRICA / NIGERIA / An iron LAMP, the wide flat saucer is attached to a pair of crosshopps from the centre of which the trimming apparatus is hung by long linked chains. It is suspended by a four linked ornamental chain with square hook and spirally twisted shank, attached to the same central disc. / Benin, West Africa 1897 Expedition / purchased Stevens / Professor Bevan's donation | R. 1903 419."
Red circular sticker in bottom right corner of card.
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card notes: "An iron lamp, the wide flat saucer is attached to a pair of cross hoops from the centre of which the trimming apparatus is hung by long linked chains. It is suspended by a four linked chain with square hook and spirally twisted shank, attached to the same central disc. Benin West Africa 1897 Expedition."
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Taken from the palace of Oba Ovọnramwẹn Nọgbaisi in Benin City during the 1897 Benin Expedition and recorded in the Accession Register as acquired on the 'Benin, West Africa 1897 Expedition’.
Event Date 1897
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Auction / Sale)
Purchased at an undated 1902 auction at J.C. Stevens saleroom, 38 King Street Covent Garden, London, with money donated to the Museum’s Accessions Fund by Prof. Anthony Ashley Bevan.
Event Date 1902
Author: maa
Context (Related Documents)
Accession register entry for E 1902.94- 115 are noted as taklen on the 'Benin, West Africa 1897 Expedition’
E 1902.93- 115 are annotated in the Register as 'B. Stevens *Prof Bevan'
Event Date 9/10/2014
Author: Rachel Hand
Description (Physical description)
Iron lamp. Wide, flat saucer attached to a pair of cross hoops from the centre of which the trimming apparatus is hung by long linked chains. The lamp is suspended by a four-linked chain with right-angled hook and spiral-twisted shank.
Event Date 14/9/2021
Author: Lily Stancliffe
FM:128056
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