figure
- Museum number
- Af1947,18.44.a-c
- Description
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Three figures made of cast brass; part of larger object. Standing female figure (a) with beadwork headdress and collar; leopard with bead and bell collar (b); leopard without collar (c).
- Production date
- 16thC - 19thC
- Dimensions
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Height: 19.60 centimetres (a)
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Height: 7.20 centimetres (b)
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Height: 7.10 centimetres (c)
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Weight: 1405 grammes (a)
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Weight: 402 grammes (b)
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Weight: 513 grammes (c)
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Width: 7.60 centimetres (a)
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Width: 2.80 centimetres (b)
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Width: 3.80 centimetres (c)
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Depth: 7.30 centimetres (a)
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Depth: 9.80 centimetres (b)
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Depth: 11 centimetres (c)
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Fair; figures broken from heavy brass frame?
- Associated events
- Associated Event: British Expedition to Benin City Feb 1897
- Acquisition date
- 1947
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1947,18.44.a-c
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: Y0/20 (44c: Dark: Benin catalogue number)
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Miscellaneous number: Y0/21 (44a: Dark: Benin catalogue number)
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Miscellaneous number: Y0/22 (44b: Dark: Benin catalogue number)