Context (Acquisition Details)
Donor Sir Selwyn Grier

Event Date 1939
Author: Remke Velden

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card notes: "Iron staff, with one end curved, both ends bound with brass."
Event Date 1939
Author: Remke Velden

Context (Related Documents)
Register notes for 1939.172 A-C 'Probably Benin'
Event Date 31/5/1939
Author: Katrina Dring

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

Description (Physical description)
Iron staff, with one end curved, both ends bound with brass and decoratively shaped.
Event Date 23/8/2021
Author: Benjamina Dadzie

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: Benjamina Dadzie