Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in white ink at the back of .1: '9806' [Webster Coll. no.]
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Field collection)
?Collected on the 1897 Punitive Expedition.
Event Date 1897
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (References)
Webster, W.D. (1900). "Catalogue No. 24, of Ethnographical Specimens in Bronze, Wrought Iron, Ivory and Wood, from Benin City, West Africa, taken at the fall of the City in February 1897, by the British Punitive Expedition under the command of Admiral Rawson." Illustrated Catalogue of Ethnological Specimens. European and Eastern Arms and Armour. Prehistoric and Other Curiosities, Vol. 4, No. 24.
Illustrated as Plate 8; figs 27-33, No. 28. (9806) Piece of hammered brass ornamented with a crocodile in the centre, probably the mounting from a saddle, 17 by 14 3/4 inches. £ 2.0.0.
Event Date 1900
Author: maa

Description (Labels & Markings)
Label adhered to .1 reads: '1902.449. ?Ornament. Benin. W.D. Webster, Esq.'
Event Date 1902
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
A large flat ornament (?use) of bronze or brass of repousse bands representing a large lizard set in an oval frame (imperfect).
Event Date 6/6/2000
Author: maa

Context (Amendments / updates)
The note created during transcription of the catalogue card in 2001 added that it was unclear if 'Edo is the province or language group, and whether Benin refers to the city of Benin'. The Register noted only 'Benin, West Africa'. As the catalogue card was written before the creation of Edo State in 1991, 'Edo' would have referred to the Edo people and has been removed from the place field.

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 and both terms have therefore been added to the place field in brackets to show the original provenance e.g., 'Benin [?Kingdom of Benin; ?Benin City].
Event Date 2/10/2018
Author: rachel hand

Context (Other owners)
Rachel Hand: 'Given Webster's acquisition of much of the spoils of the Benin West Africa 1897 Expedition, and the early date of 1902-3, it is likely his personal donation of Benin material was also collected on the 1897 Punitive Expedition. This has therefore been added to the source field with queries to indicate the lack of available data for a definite provenance' (02/10/2018).
Event Date 2/10/2018
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card reads, in blue biro: "1902 E 449 | AFRICA | WEST AFRICA / NIGERIA / A large flat ornament (?use) of bronze or brass of repousse bands representing a large lizard set in an oval frame (imperfect) / Benin W. Africa / Mr. W.D. Webster | R 1903 263"

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

Context (Amendments / updates)
Photograph attached to rear of catalogue card.
Event Date 24/8/2020
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Labels & Markings)
The accession number is marked on the object (.1) in white.
Event Date 8/10/2021
Author: Lucie Carreau