Context (Acquisition Details)
Donor Sir Selwyn Grier

Event Date 1938
Author: Remke Velden

Context (Related Documents)
Register notes for 1939.172 A-C 'Probably Benin'
Event Date 1939
Author: rachel hand

Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card for 1939. 172 - C notes:
"A-B Two cast bronze figures- a. female/ b. male " both have tangs projecting from the base.
C- Iron staff with one end curved, both ends bound with brass'
Event Date 1939
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1939. 172 - C notes: "Cast bronze figure", "B- male" with "tangs projecting from the base."
Event Date 8/6/1939
Author: Remke Velden

Context (Display)
Exhibited: On display in drawer 37A, under the Nigeria case, Maudslay Hall, 1989- 19/11/2015.
Event Date 19/11/2015
Author: Remke Velden

Description (Physical description)
seated figure, holding a sword and possibly riding a horse
Event Date 25/11/2020
Author: rachel hand

Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card reads, in black ink: "39.172 A/C | W. Africa / Probably Benin / A-B) Two cast bronze figures, a. female, b. male, both have tangs projecting from the base. / C) Iron staff with one end curved, both ends bound with brass. / d.d. Sir Selwyn Grier"
Red circular sticker on card next to "C)" and one on bottom right, with "A +B June '78." added in pencil.
Event Date 19/8/2020
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Amendments / updates)
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 with queries to show the original provenance.
No known connections to the 1897 Benin Expedition
Event Date 30/3/2023
Author: rachel hand