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Henry Ling Roth

Also known as: Henry Ling Roth; primary name: Roth, Henry Ling
Details: individual; anthropologist; curator; author/poet; British; Male
Life dates: 3 February 1855-12 May 1925
Biography: Educated University College School, London; studied Natural Science and Philosophy in Germany. Ethnographer; Fellow of Royal Anthropological Institute, 1882. Keeper of the Bankfield Museum, Halifax from 1912-1924. Expert on weaving technology. Author of ‘Great Benin’ (1903). Brother of Felix Norman Roth (q.v) who served as Advance Surgeon on the Britsh Expedition to Benin City, 1897.
Bibliography: Haddon, A.C., 1925, July, 'Obituary: Henry Ling Roth', in Man, vol.25, No.57, pp. 97-101.

29 related objects

charm

Museum number: As1900,-.19.a |
Production date: 19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Burma

commemorative head

Museum number: Af1897,1217.2 |
Ethnic group: x83578 Made by:Edo |
Production date: 1550-1650 |
Production place: Made in:Benin City |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Benin City

commemorative head

Museum number: Af1897,1217.3 |
Ethnic group: x83578 Made by:Edo |
Production date: 15thC(late)-17thC(early) |
Production place: Made in:Benin City |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Benin City

commemorative head

Museum number: Af1897,1217.1 |
Ethnic group: x83578 Made by:Edo |
Production date: 1800-1897 |
Production place: Made in:Benin City |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Benin City

cup

Museum number: 1907,1010.1 |
Production date: 1854 |
Production place: Made in:Halifax (West Yorkshire)Made in:Howcans

drawing

Museum number: Oc2006,Drg.732 |
Production date: 19thC(late)

figure; mask

Museum number: Af1898,0903.1 |
Ethnic group: x85098 Made by:Urhobo |
Production date: 19thC(late) |
Production place: Made in:Nigeria

print

Museum number: Oc,B92.9 |
Production date: 19thC(late) |
Production place: Photographed in:Tasmania

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Museum number: Oc,B92.13 |
Production date: 19thC(late) |
Production place: Photographed in:Tasmania

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Museum number: Oc,B92.17 |
Production date: 19thC(late) |
Production place: Photographed in:Tasmania

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Museum number: Oc,B92.19 |
Production date: 19thC(late) |
Production place: Photographed in:Tasmania

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Museum number: Oc,B92.22 |
Production date: 19thC(late) |
Production place: Photographed in:Tasmania

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Museum number: Oc,B92.20 |
Production date: 19thC(late) |
Production place: Photographed in:Tasmania

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Museum number: Oc,B92.11 |
Production date: 19thC(late) |
Production place: Photographed in:Tasmania

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Museum number: Oc,B92.15 |
Production date: 19thC(late) |
Production place: Photographed in:Tasmania

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Museum number: Oc,B92.6 |
Production date: 19thC(late) |
Production place: Photographed in:Tasmania

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Museum number: Oc,B92.21 |
Production date: 19thC(late) |
Production place: Photographed in:Tasmania

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Museum number: Oc,B92.18 |
Production date: 19thC(late) |
Production place: Photographed in:Tasmania

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Museum number: Oc,B92.8 |
Production date: 19thC(late) |
Production place: Photographed in:Tasmania

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Museum number: Oc,B92.14 |
Production date: 19thC(late) |
Production place: Photographed in:Tasmania

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Museum number: Oc,B92.16 |
Production date: 19thC(late) |
Production place: Photographed in:Tasmania

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Museum number: Oc,B92.7 |
Production date: 19thC(late) |
Production place: Photographed in:Tasmania

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Museum number: Oc,B92.12 |
Production date: 19thC(late) |
Production place: Photographed in:Tasmania

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Museum number: Oc,B92.5 |
Production date: 19thC(late) |
Production place: Photographed in:Tasmania

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Museum number: Oc,B92.10 |
Production date: 19thC(late) |
Production place: Photographed in:Tasmania

tool/implement; cast

Museum number: Oc1905,-.88 |
Production date: 19thC(late) 20thC(early)

waist-pendant

Museum number: Af1897,1217.6 |
Ethnic group: x83578 Made by:Edo |
Production date: 17thC-18thC |
Production place: Made in:Benin City |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Benin City

waist-pendant

Museum number: Af1897,1217.5 |
Ethnic group: x83578 Made by:Edo |
Production date: 17thC-18thC |
Production place: Made in:Benin City |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Benin City

waist-pendant

Museum number: Af1897,1217.4 |
Ethnic group: x83578 Made by:Edo |
Production date: 17thC-18thC |
Production place: Made in:Benin City |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Benin City