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, Maudslay Gallery CUMAA, between 1990 and June 2016.
Event Date 1990
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 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

Description (Labels & Markings)
The Webster lot number '11271' is marked in white on 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

Context (Amendments / updates)
One of 17 objects on loan to MAA from National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM), Nigeria for exhibition and study purposes, until January 2029.
Event Date 27/1/2026
Author: Rachel Hand

Context (Other owners)
In July 2022, the University of Cambridge agreed to repatriate 116 artefacts, including this object, taken from Benin City by the British military in February 1897. A legal transfer of ownership to the National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Nigeria, took place on 27 January 2026.
The source field has been updated accordingly
Event Date 27/1/2026
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung