Context (Field collection)
Presumed to have been taken during the British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, 1897, as Webster became the pre-eminent dealer in looted Benin material
Event Date 2/1897
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card reads, in black biro: "1904 E 374 a&b | AFRICA | WEST AFRICA / NIGERIA / A pair of ancient much worn BRACELETS, of ivory, carved with equestrian figures etc. L. 4.8" / Benin. /
Purchased Webster's Sale 1904. / Rev. C. Taylor's donation | R 1905. 773"
Red circular sticker in bottom right of card.
Event Date 1904
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Auction / Sale)
Purchased from William Downing Webster in 1904, using money subscribed to the Museum's Accession Fund by the Revd. Charles Taylor, D.D., (1840-1908), Hebraist and Master of St John’s College.

Event Date 1904
Author: maa

Context (Display)
Exhibited: On display in Drawer A, under the Africa case, Maudsley Gallery CUMAA, from 1989- June 2016
Event Date 1989
Author: rachel hand

Description (Physical description)
Replacement catalogue card for E 1904.374 A-B notes: "A pair of ancient much worn bracelet, of ivory, carved with equestrian figures etc."
Event Date 6/6/2000
Author: maa

Description (Labels & Markings)
The Webster lot number '11271' is marked in white on the object.
Event Date 30/9/2021
Author: Benjamina Dadzie

Description (Labels & Markings)
The number '1939', enclosed in an oval, is marked in white on the object.
Event Date 30/9/2021
Author: Benjamina Dadzie

Description (Labels & Markings)
A round paper label that reads '686.' is adhered to the object.
Event Date 30/9/2021
Author: Benjamina Dadzie

Conservation (Remedial)
CON.2022.5448 | Remedial
Event Date 10/10/2022
Author: Kirstie French

Description (Labels & Markings)
An old museum label (with the first accession number, E 1904.269 crossed out, is adhered to the object.
Label notes '04.269 E [crossed out] 'E '04.374a/ Pair of carved ivory armlets/ Benin/ (Webster sale Nov.38)/
[Added later] '* The Rev Charles Taylor D.D. 1904'
Event Date 6/3/2023
Author: Benjamina Dadzie

Loan (Exhibition)
Fitzwilliam Museum (UCM), 25/7/2023 to 7/1/2024, Enslavement & Resistance: Cambridge & the Black Atlantic
Event Date 25/7/2023
Author: rachel hand