Context (Related Documents)
Photograph attached to rear of catalogue card. Produced during the 2000-2002 DCF Shorts Project.
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

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: rachel hand

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card notes: "Standing figure of a man cast in bronze holding three javelins in one hand and an oblong shield in the other hand."
Event Date 1904
Author: maa

Context (Auction / Sale)
E 1904.376 is noted in the register as 'Benin/ Webster Sale 1904' and annotated 'though S.G. Fenton'.
This is written in the line for E 1904.376 but the ditto marks below suggest it may apply to the whole F.J.H. Jenkinson donation.
Event Date 1904
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Labels & Markings)
The number '9933' has been written on the base of the figure in white. Probably the Webster 1904 sale lot number.
Event Date 1904
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Auction / Sale)
Catalogue card reads "Purchased, Webster Sale 1904, F.J.H. Jenkinson's donation."
F.J.H. Jenkinson M.A.

Event Date 7/6/2000
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
K. Sutton: 'Evidence of old bronze disease on the base of the object; ?live in one of the rivet holes'.
Event Date 14/5/2001
Author: ashleigh griffin

Context (Display)
Displayed from 4/12/1989 to 2/12/1990.
Event Date 14/5/2001
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label affixed to object reads: 'E.1904.377 Bronze Figure. Benin. (Webster's Sale Nov 30 '04) *F.J.H. Jenkinson, M.A.'.
Event Date 15/3/2017
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (References)
Fenton's antique dealers established a well-known 'Old Curiosity Shop' in the mid 19th century in Bury St. Edmunds. George Fenton was trading at 5 & 6 Meat Market, Bury St. Edmunds in 1855.
By 1888, if not earlier, they had opened 'The Old Curiosity Shop' in London, 11, New Oxford Street, where Samuel G. Fenton was trading as Fenton and Sons. Letters to Gen. Pitt Rivers, regarding potential new acquisition are addressed from Fenton and Sons on Oxford Street and are dated to 1888.
See http://web.prm.ox.ac.uk/rpr/index.php/primary-documents-index/16-second-collection-1880-1900/659-pitt-rivers-and-fentons/index.html
See also Antique Dealers: the British Antique Trade in the 20th Century, https://antiquetrade.leeds.ac.uk/dealerships/36132 Both accessed 2/10/2018.
Event Date 2/10/2018
Author: rachel hand

Context (References)
Photographed as part of the Art UK Sculpture project, August - September 2019. The project aims to create a free-to-access online photographic showcase of publicly owned sculpture. The three-year project focuses on sculpture dating from the last 1,000 years, held in public collections and outdoor locations across the UK



Event Date 3/6/2020
Author: rachel hand

Context (Related Documents)
Replacement catalogue card reads, in black biro: "1904 E 377 | AFRICA / WEST AFRICA / NIGERIA / Standing figure of MAN cast in bronze holding three javelins in one hand and an oblong shield in the other hand. H. 9.4" / Benin / Purchased Webster's Sale 1904 / F.J.H. Jenkinson's donation | R. 1905 778"

Red circular sticker in bottom right of card.
Event Date 27/8/2020
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Analysis)
Analysed using XRF instrumentation by Dr Agnese Benzonelli, University of Cambridge, as part of research by Prof. Marcos Martinon-Torres and Dr Agnese Benzonelli into Benin material at MAA
Event Date 14/3/2023
Author: rachel hand