Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card: 'A brass bracelet. A stout narrow band with seven perforated oval swellings alternating with oblong bold mounts set with agate/coral. Bronze or brass.'
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card reads, in blue biro: "1902 E 432 | AFRICA | WEST AFRICA / NIGERIA / A BRACELETE: a stout narrow band with seven perforated oval swellings alternating with oblong [?bold] mounts set with agate/coral / Benin, W. Africa . (bronze or brass / Mr W.D. Webster. | R. 1903 233"

In second hand, blue ink (added before "BRACELET"): "brass"

Red circular sticker in bottom right of card.
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Only 2 settings are complete with coral inserts.
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Labels & Markings)
The number 'W. 14403' has been written on the object.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Field collection)
Presumed to have been taken from the palace of Oba Ovọnramwẹn Nọgbaisi in Benin City during the 1897 Benin Expedition as Webster became the pre-eminent dealer in looted Benin material
Event Date 2/1897
Author: rachel hand

Context (Acquisition Details)
The Accession Registers record E 1902.428- 461 (AR 1902.229-275) as a donation of Benin objects by Webster.

The Eighteenth Annual Report of the Antiquarian Committee to the Senate (April 23, 1903) also records that 'A gap in the collections of the Museum has been filled by a series of twenty-two fine bronzes from Benin, which Mr W. D. Webster has generously presented to the University'.
Event Date 1902
Author: rachel hand

Context (Amendments / updates)
There is no known correspondence in the MAA archives that discusses a gift rather than a sale from Webster at any time
Event Date 1902
Author: rachel hand

Conservation (Remedial)
CON.2017.3722 | Remedial
Event Date 6/2/2017
Author: Kirstie Williams

Context (Amendments / updates)
The Register noted only 'Benin, West Africa'. The narrow term 'Benin' has been used within the museum and more widely to refer to the both Benin City as well as the Kingdom of Benin
Event Date 2/10/2018
Author: rachel hand

Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy bracelet/bangle decorated with alternating circular perforations and raised bosses containing a red material, possibly coral.
Event Date 16/9/2021
Author: Louise Puckett