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Arthur G Madan

Also known as: Arthur G Madan; primary name: Madan, Arthur G
Details: individual; dealer/auction house; British; Male
Other dates: 1927-1929 (fl)
Address: South Hill Lodge, Chislehurst, Kent
Biography: Secretary to H G Beasley (qv), and the first curator of his Cranmore Museum of ethnography, serving in that role from 1928-34; he was replaced in 1934 by G P L Miles (qv). As Beasley's secretary, he saw to the sale (doubtless at cost price) of groups of objects from Cranmore to the BM. The following sales to the BM are recorded (all of which should be regarded as sales from Beasley himself): Oc1927,07 Solomon Islands material collected by C M Woodford Am1929,1218.1 and 2. Two items from the Canadian north-west collected by Kotzebue. Am1931,1123.1 to 21. Pottery from Peru. Am/Af1933,0511.1 to 29, various objects from South America and Africa.
Bibliography: Lucie Carreau, Journal of Museum Ethnography 23, 2010, pp.41-55 on H G Beasley.

250 related objects

adze

Museum number: Af1934,0417.7 |
Ethnic group: Made by:WaheheMade by:Hehe |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tanzania

adze

Museum number: Oc1929,0713.93 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Solomon Islands

animal remains

Museum number: Oc1929,0713.67-70 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Solomon Islands

animal remains

Museum number: Oc1929,0713.63 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Solomon Islands

anklet

Museum number: Af1934,0417.48 |
Ethnic group: Made by:WaheheMade by:Hehe |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tanzania

arm-band; personal ornament

Museum number: Oc1929,0713.26 |
Production place: Made in:BougainvilleMade in:Buka |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Bougainville

arm-band; personal ornament

Museum number: Oc1929,0713.24 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Makira

arm-band; personal ornament

Museum number: Oc1929,0713.25.a-b |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Solomon Islands

arm-band; personal ornament

Museum number: Oc1929,0713.27 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Solomon Islands

arm-band

Museum number: Oc1929,0713.28 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Solomon Islands

arm-band; personal ornament

Museum number: Oc1929,0713.30 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Solomon Islands

arm-ornament; personal ornament

Museum number: Oc1929,0713.3.a-b |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:New Georgia Island

armlet

Museum number: Oc1929,0713.49 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Solomon Islands

armlet

Museum number: Oc1929,0713.48 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Solomon Islands

arrow

Museum number: Af1934,0417.12 |
Ethnic group: Made by:WaheheMade by:Hehe |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tanzania

arrow

Museum number: Af1934,0417.43 |
Ethnic group: Made by:WaheheMade by:Hehe |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tanzania

arrow

Museum number: Af1934,0417.11 |
Ethnic group: Made by:WaheheMade by:Hehe |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tanzania

arrow

Museum number: Af1934,0417.14 |
Ethnic group: Made by:WaheheMade by:Hehe |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tanzania

axe

Museum number: Am1930,0131.1 |
Ethnic group: x83608 Made by:Eskimo-Aleut |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:North America

axe

Museum number: Af1933,0511.19 |
Ethnic group: x91443 Made by:Sena |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Mozambique

axe

Museum number: Af1934,0417.8 |
Ethnic group: Made by:WaheheMade by:Hehe |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tanzania

axe

Museum number: Af1933,0511.18 |
Ethnic group: x91443 Made by:Sena |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Mozambique

bag

Museum number: Am1931,1123.17 |
Cultures/periods: x115229 Nasca-Huari |
Production date: 650-800 |
Production place: Made in:Peru |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Nazca

bag

Museum number: Am1931,1123.16 |
Cultures/periods: NascaHuari |
Production date: 600-900 |
Production place: Made in:Peru |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Nazca

bag

Museum number: Am1931,1123.18 |
Cultures/periods: x72442 Nasca |
Production date: 100BC-600 |
Production place: Made in:Peru |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Nazca

basket

Museum number: Af1934,0417.24 |
Ethnic group: Made by:WaheheMade by:Hehe |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tanzania

basket

Museum number: Oc1982,Q.464 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Loyalty Islands

basket

Museum number: Af1934,0417.23 |
Ethnic group: Made by:WaheheMade by:Hehe |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tanzania

baton

Museum number: Oc1929,0713.87 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Malaita

bead

Museum number: Oc1929,0713.2 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:New Georgia group

beaker

Museum number: Am1931,1123.9 |
Cultures/periods: x72442 Nasca |
Production date: 100BC-600 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Nazca

beaker

Museum number: Am1931,1123.8 |
Cultures/periods: x72442 Nasca |
Production date: 100BC-600 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Nazca

beaker; vessel

Museum number: Am1930,0712.3 |
Cultures/periods: x72442 Nasca |
Production date: 100BC-600 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Nazca

beaker

Museum number: Am1931,1123.10 |
Cultures/periods: x72442 Nasca |
Production date: 100BC-600 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Nazca

bell

Museum number: Af1934,0417.42 |
Ethnic group: Made by:WaheheMade by:Hehe |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tanzania

bill-hook

Museum number: Af1934,0417.9 |
Ethnic group: Made by:WaheheMade by:Hehe |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tanzania

blade

Museum number: Oc1929,0713.97 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Solomon Islands

bottle

Museum number: Oc1929,0713.100 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Solomon Islands

bottle; vessel

Museum number: Af1934,0417.40 |
Ethnic group: Made by:WaheheMade by:Hehe |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tanzania

bow

Museum number: Oc1929,0713.115 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Sa'a

bow

Museum number: Af1934,0417.10 |
Ethnic group: Made by:WaheheMade by:Hehe |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tanzania

bowl

Museum number: Af1934,0417.25 |
Ethnic group: Made by:WaheheMade by:Hehe |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tanzania

bowl; vessel

Museum number: Am1930,0712.4 |
Cultures/periods: NascaNasca Phase 5 |
Production date: 100BC-600 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Nazca

bowl

Museum number: Oc1930,0510.8 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Sepik River

bowl

Museum number: Oc1929,0713.104 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:New Guinea

bowl

Museum number: Am1931,1123.11 |
Cultures/periods: x72442 Nasca |
Production date: 100BC-600 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Nazca

bowl

Museum number: Oc1930,0510.7 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Sepik River

bowl

Museum number: Af1934,0417.28 |
Ethnic group: Made by:WaheheMade by:Hehe |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tanzania

bowl; vessel

Museum number: Am1931,1123.7 |
Cultures/periods: NascaParacas |
Production date: 100BC-600 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Nazca

bowl

Museum number: Af1934,0417.31 |
Ethnic group: Made by:WaheheMade by:Hehe |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tanzania

bowl

Museum number: Af1934,0417.30 |
Ethnic group: Made by:WaheheMade by:Hehe |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tanzania

bowl

Museum number: Am1933,0511.13 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Atacama Desert

cap

Museum number: Oc1929,0713.23 |
Production place: Made in:west-central Solomons |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Solomon Islands

carrier; baby-carrier

Museum number: Af1934,0417.39 |
Ethnic group: Made by:WaheheMade by:Hehe |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tanzania

celt

Museum number: Oc1929,0713.98 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Solomon Islands

club

Museum number: Oc1929,0713.110 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Fiji

club

Museum number: Oc1929,0713.88 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Malaita

club

Museum number: Oc1929,0713.108 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Fiji

club

Museum number: Oc1929,0713.89 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Malaita

club

Museum number: Oc1929,0713.109 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Fiji

club

Museum number: Af1933,0511.22 |
Ethnic group: x84467 Made by:Ngoni |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Malawi

club

Museum number: Af1933,0511.23 |
Ethnic group: x84467 Made by:Ngoni |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Malawi

comb; personal ornament

Museum number: Oc1929,0713.21 |
Production date: 1929 |
Production place: Made in:Malaita |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Solomon Islands

comb; personal ornament

Museum number: Oc1929,0713.22 |
Production date: 1929 |
Production place: Made in:Malaita |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Solomon Islands

container

Museum number: Oc1931,0721.5 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Admiralty Islands

corslet; armour

Museum number: Am1929,1218.2 |
Ethnic group: Made by:TlingitMade by:Northwest Coast Peoples |
Production date: 1817 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Canada

cup

Museum number: Oc1929,0713.103 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Fiji

cup

Museum number: Af1931,0721.6 |
Ethnic group: Made by:BasogaMade by:Soga |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Uganda

cup

Museum number: Oc1929,0713.102 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Fiji

dagger; knife

Museum number: Oc1929,0713.107 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Admiralty Islands

dala

Museum number: Oc1929,0713.10 |
Production place: Made in:west-central Solomons |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Solomon Islands

dala

Museum number: Oc1929,0713.11 |
Production place: Made in:west-central Solomons |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Solomon Islands

dance-club

Museum number: Oc1929,0713.91 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Santa Cruz Islands (Oceania)

dance-club

Museum number: Oc1929,0713.90 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Alu

disc; drill

Museum number: Oc1929,0713.64 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Solomon Islands

drinking-vessel

Museum number: Oc1929,0713.106 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Fiji

drum

Museum number: Af1934,0417.37 |
Ethnic group: Made by:WaheheMade by:Hehe |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tanzania

ear-ornament

Museum number: Oc1929,0713.15 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Solomon Islands

ear-ornament

Museum number: Oc1929,0713.17-19 |
Production place: Made in:Isabel

ear-ornament

Museum number: Am1933,0511.7 |
Production date: 1933 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Costa Rica

ear-ornament

Museum number: Oc1929,0713.16 |
Production place: Made in:Solomon IslandsMade in:Malaita |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Solomon Islands

ear-ornament

Museum number: Oc1929,0713.47 |
Production place: Made in:Malaita |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Solomon Islands

ear-ornament

Museum number: Am1933,0511.8 |
Production date: 1933 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Costa Rica

ear-ornament

Museum number: Am1931,0209.2 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Tulcan

ear-ornament

Museum number: Oc1929,0713.4.a-b |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:New Georgia Island

ewer

Museum number: Af1931,0323.2 |
Ethnic group: x84523 Made by:Nupe |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Nigeria

eye-shade; visor

Museum number: Am1931,0721.4 |
Ethnic group: x83608 Made by:Eskimo-Aleut |
Production date: 1931 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Alaska (state)

figure-head

Museum number: Oc1929,0713.86 |
Production date: 19th century |
Production place: Made in:Solomon Islands |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Solomon Islands

fish-hook

Museum number: Oc1929,0713.82 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Solomon Islands

fish-hook

Museum number: Oc1929,0713.80 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Solomon Islands

fish-hook

Museum number: Oc1929,0713.81 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Solomon Islands

fish-hook

Museum number: Oc1929,0713.85 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Solomon Islands

fish-hook

Museum number: Oc1929,0713.79 |
Production place: Made in:Malaita |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Solomon Islands

fish-hook

Museum number: Oc1929,0713.84 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Solomon Islands

flask

Museum number: Oc1929,0713.20 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Makira

flask

Museum number: Af1934,0417.21 |
Ethnic group: Made by:WaheheMade by:Hehe |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tanzania

flask

Museum number: Af1934,0417.22 |
Ethnic group: Made by:WaheheMade by:Hehe |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tanzania

flask

Museum number: Af1933,0511.20 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Africa

flask

Museum number: Af1934,0417.44 |
Ethnic group: Made by:WaheheMade by:Hehe |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tanzania

gunpowder-horn

Museum number: As1930,0510.2 |
Ethnic group: x83242 Made by:Batak |
Production date: 1850s-1920s |
Production place: Made in:Sumatra |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Timor (historic)Found/Acquired:Sumatra