bracelet;
bangle
- Museum number
- Af1897,-.562
- Description
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Bangle or bracelet made of brass.
- Production date
- 16thC - 19thC
- Dimensions
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Height: 6.60 centimetres
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Weight: 16 grammes
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Width: 6.80 centimetres
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Depth: 0.35 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: British Expedition to Benin City Feb 1897
- Acquisition date
- 18 June 1897
- Acquisition notes
- During the British expedition to Benin City (Edo) in 1897 objects made of brass, bronze, ivory, coral, and wood were looted by British soldiers from the royal palace, its storerooms, and compounds.
Some of these objects were sold or exchanged in West Africa. However, many were brought to the UK where they were retained by soldiers of the expedition and subsequently inherited by thier families; put up for auction; or donated, lent, or sold to museums.
See Collection File: Af1897,-.498-563.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1897,-.562
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Af1897C3.553-562 (old CDMS no.)