Context (Field collection)
Taken from the palace of Oba Ovọnramwẹn Nọgbaisi in Benin City during the 1897 Benin Expedition.
Event Date 2/1897
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

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card notes: "Weaving stick with flat sword like blade, the handle consisting of three superimposed beads. / Benin West Africa 1897 Expedition. "
Event Date 4/6/2000
Author: maa

Context (Related Documents)
Register entry fror E 1902.94- 115 notes they were taken 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

Context (Related Documents)
Replacement catalogue card reads, in blue biro: "1902 E 113. | AFRICA | WEST AFRICA / NIGERIA / WEAVIN [sic 'Weaving'] STICK with flat sword like blade handle consisting of three superimposed beads. / Benin West Africa 1897 Expedition / purchased Steven / Professor Bevan's donation | R. 1903 422."

Red circular sticker in bottom right of card.
Event Date 24/8/2020
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Labels & Markings)
The number '7293' is marked in white on the object.
Event Date 14/10/2021
Author: Benjamina Dadzie

Description (Labels & Markings)
A label that reads '1902.113 / Weaving stick / Benin, West Africa / * Professor Bevan' is adhered to the object.
Event Date 14/10/2021
Author: Benjamina Dadzie

Description (Labels & Markings)
The accession number is marked in white on the object.
Event Date 14/10/2021
Author: Benjamina Dadzie