figure
- Museum number
- Af1953,19.5
- Description
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Register 1953:
Bronze portion of the figure of a man, wearing a wide-brimmed hat and a cross, with an axe-like object in one hand.
(Metal mount secured into base at one side.)
- Production date
- 16thC - 19thC
- Dimensions
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Height: 14.30 centimetres (including mount)
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Height: 9.90 centimetres
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Weight: 605 grammes (including mount)
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Width: 7 centimetres
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Depth: 6.80 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Register 1953:
Recorded on acquisition as "BENIN, S.NIGERIA".
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: British Expedition to Benin City Feb 1897
- Acquisition date
- 1953
- Acquisition notes
- Af1953,10.1 to 5 were acquired by exchange with J J Klejman of New York.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1953,19.5