Accession No
AR 1914.392
Description
A wooden paddle, with incised decoration on blade and carved openwork at the top of the handle.
Place
Africa; West Africa; Nigeria; [South Nigeria; Bight of Benin]
Period
Source
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
AR 1914.392; MAA: AR 1914.391 [incorrect no marked on object]; E 1914.5 [incorrect]
Cultural Affliation
?Edo
Material
Wood
Local Term
Measurements
140mm x 1520mm Weight 0.75kg
Events
Context (Related Documents)
Note stuck into Accession Register 9 on page 58 reads: "Two numbers in Annual E. Report. 1914 not entered in Register. 1914. vy: / A.R. 1914 / 392. Paddle carved in openwork. Benin. Africa. (Purchased) / 413 An oblong Kaffir zimba with shell-disc rattles. Natal. (F.J. Allen M.D.) / Otherwise complete G.L'[?Strange] / April 1920."
In second hand, black biro: [added and struck through by first entry] "BLUE BOOK 1914.87" [added by second entry] "BLUE BOOK 1914.87"
Event Date 19/8/2020
Author: Katrina Dring
Context (Related Documents)
Entry 392 in Annual Report reads: "A paddle carved in openwork. Purchased."
Event Date 19/8/2020
Author: Katrina Dring
Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card reads, in black ink: A.R. 1914.392 | W. AFRICA | Nigeria / Bight of Benin / A wooden paddle, with incised decoration on blade and carved openwork at the top of the handle."
In second hand, black biro: [brackets added around AR number] "1914.392 / AR 1914.392"
Red circular sticker in bottom right corner of card.
Event Date 19/8/2020
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Labels & Markings)
Incorrectly marked "AR 1914.391"
Event Date 19/8/2020
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card notes: "A wooden paddle, with incised decoration on blade and carved openwork at the top of the handle."
Event Date 19/8/2020
Author: Katrina Dring
Context (Amendments / updates)
'?Bini' has been removed from the cultural field group.
Event Date 13/10/2021
Author: Benjamina Dadzie
FM:287734
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