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european

Also known as: european
Broader terms: x13028; nationality/peoples
Narrower terms: austrian; british; bulgarian; dutch; east european; french; german; gipsy; greek; icelandic; irish; italian; laplander; pict; polish; portuguese; scandinavian; spanish; turk

203 related objects

album; drawing

Title: Dummul 25 April 1827 |
Museum number: 1997,1109,0.124 |
Producer name: BIOG9355 Drawn by:George Russell Dartnell |
Production date: 1827 |
Production place: Made in:India

barkcloth

Museum number: Oc1953,+.3 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Niue

bell

Museum number: Af1947,18.52 |
Ethnic group: x83578 Made by:Edo |
Production date: 16thC-19thC |
Production place: Made in:Benin City |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Benin City

bell

Museum number: Af1900,0720.13 |
Ethnic group: x83578 Made by:Edo |
Production date: 16thC-19thC |
Production place: Made in:Benin City |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Benin City

bell

Museum number: Af1905,1201.3 |
Ethnic group: x83578 Made by:Edo |
Production date: 16thC-19thC |
Production place: Made in:Benin City |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Benin City

bell

Museum number: Af1900,0720.12 |
Ethnic group: x83578 Made by:Edo |
Production date: 16thC-19thC |
Production place: Made in:Benin City |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Benin City

bell

Museum number: Af1905,1201.4 |
Ethnic group: x83578 Made by:Edo |
Production date: 16thC-19thC |
Production place: Made in:Benin City |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Benin City

cup

Museum number: Franks.824.+a |
Cultures/periods: x14440 Qing dynasty |
Production date: 1740-1760 |
Production place: Made in:Jingdezhen |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:China

cup

Museum number: Franks.596 |
Cultures/periods: x14440 Qing dynasty |
Production date: 1733 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:China

digital photograph

Museum number: 2012,2031.118 |
Producer name: BIOG129875 Photographed by:Dr. Christopher Wynes |
Production date: 1966-1967 |
Production place: Photographed in:Nain

door; lintel

Museum number: Af1924,-.135.a-c |
Producer name: BIOG207267 Made by:Olowe of Ise |
Ethnic group: x85250 Made by:Yoruba |
Production date: 1910-1914 |
Production place: Made in:Ikerre |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Ikerre

drawing

Museum number: 1939,0311,0.7.127 |
Production date: 1811-1816 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Java

ewer; lid

Museum number: Franks.782.+ |
Cultures/periods: x13823 Edo Period |
Production date: 1660s-1680s |
Production place: Made in:Hizen (kuni)

figure

Museum number: Franks.579 |
Cultures/periods: Ming dynastyQing dynasty |
Production date: 17thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Dehua

figure

Museum number: 1980,0728.666 |
Cultures/periods: x14440 Qing dynasty |
Production date: 1700-1750 |
Production place: Made in:Dehua |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Dehua

figure

Museum number: Franks.60.+ |
Cultures/periods: x14440 Qing dynasty |
Production date: 17thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Dehua

figure

Museum number: Af1954,+23.1133 |
Ethnic group: Made by:AshiraMade by:Bapunu |
Production date: 20thC (early) |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Gabon

figure

Museum number: 1963,0422.10 |
Cultures/periods: x14440 Qing dynasty |
Production date: 1736-1750 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:China

figure

Museum number: 1924,0621.1 |
Cultures/periods: x14440 Qing dynasty |
Production date: 18thC |
Production place: Made in:Guangdong (province) |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:China

figure

Museum number: Franks.578 |
Cultures/periods: Ming dynastyQing dynasty |
Production date: 17thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Dehua

figure

Museum number: 1927,0611.15 |
Production place: Made in:Japan |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Nagoya-shi

figure

Museum number: Franks.931.+ |
Cultures/periods: x14440 Qing dynasty |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:China

figure; mould

Museum number: Af1899,0515.1 |
Ethnic group: x83578 Made by:Edo |
Production date: 1898-1899 |
Production place: Made in:Benin City |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Benin City

figure

Museum number: Franks.579.c |
Cultures/periods: x14440 Qing dynasty |
Production date: 1651-1700 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Dehua

figure

Museum number: Franks.579.a |
Cultures/periods: Ming dynastyQing dynasty |
Production date: 17thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Dehua

figure

Museum number: Franks.578.b |
Cultures/periods: x14440 Qing dynasty |
Production date: 1680-1720 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Dehua

figure

Museum number: 1833,1109.15 |
Production date: 18thC-19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Deccan

flask

Museum number: Af1897,-.503 |
Ethnic group: x83578 Made by:Edo |
Production date: 16thC - 19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Benin City

gold-weight

Museum number: Af1982,28.1 |
Ethnic group: x83045 Made by:Akan |
Production date: 19thC - 20thC |
Production place: Made in:Ghana |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Ghana

lantern slide (photographic)

Museum number: Sykes.594 |
Producer name: BIOG63024 Photographed by:Gen Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes KCIE |
Production date: 1900

lantern slide (photographic)

Museum number: Sykes.258 |
Producer name: BIOG63024 Photographed by:Gen Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes KCIE |
Production date: 1900

lantern slide (photographic)

Museum number: Sykes.70 |
Producer name: BIOG63024 Photographed by:Gen Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes KCIE |
Production date: 1900

lantern slide (photographic)

Museum number: Sykes.74 |
Producer name: BIOG63024 Photographed by:Gen Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes KCIE |
Production date: 1900

lantern slide (photographic)

Museum number: Sykes.559 |
Producer name: BIOG63024 Photographed by:Gen Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes KCIE |
Production date: 1900

lantern slide (photographic)

Museum number: Sykes.197 |
Producer name: BIOG63024 Photographed by:Gen Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes KCIE |
Production date: 1900

lantern slide (photographic)

Museum number: Sykes.611 |
Producer name: BIOG63024 Photographed by:Gen Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes KCIE |
Production date: 1900

lantern slide (photographic)

Museum number: Sykes.36 |
Producer name: BIOG63024 Photographed by:Gen Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes KCIE |
Production date: 1900

lantern slide (photographic)

Museum number: Sykes.328 |
Producer name: BIOG63024 Photographed by:Gen Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes KCIE |
Production date: 1900

lantern slide (photographic)

Museum number: Sykes.173 |
Producer name: BIOG63024 Photographed by:Gen Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes KCIE |
Production date: 1900

lantern slide (photographic)

Museum number: Sykes.85 |
Producer name: BIOG63024 Photographed by:Gen Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes KCIE |
Production date: 1900

lantern slide (photographic)

Museum number: Sykes.590 |
Producer name: BIOG63024 Photographed by:Gen Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes KCIE |
Production date: 1900

lantern slide (photographic)

Museum number: Sykes.11 |
Producer name: BIOG63024 Photographed by:Gen Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes KCIE |
Production date: 1900

lantern slide (photographic)

Museum number: Sykes.249 |
Producer name: BIOG63024 Photographed by:Gen Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes KCIE |
Production date: 1900

lantern slide (photographic)

Museum number: Sykes.65 |
Producer name: BIOG63024 Photographed by:Gen Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes KCIE |
Production date: 1900

lantern slide (photographic)

Museum number: Sykes.56 |
Producer name: BIOG63024 Photographed by:Gen Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes KCIE |
Production date: 1900

lantern slide (photographic)

Museum number: Sykes.260 |
Producer name: BIOG63024 Photographed by:Gen Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes KCIE |
Production date: 1900

lantern slide (photographic)

Museum number: Sykes.192 |
Producer name: BIOG63024 Photographed by:Gen Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes KCIE |
Production date: 1900

lantern slide (photographic)

Museum number: Sykes.35 |
Producer name: BIOG63024 Photographed by:Gen Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes KCIE |
Production date: 1900

lantern slide (photographic)

Museum number: Sykes.80 |
Producer name: BIOG63024 Photographed by:Gen Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes KCIE |
Production date: 1900

lantern slide (photographic)

Museum number: Sykes.55 |
Producer name: BIOG63024 Photographed by:Gen Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes KCIE |
Production date: 1900

lantern slide (photographic)

Museum number: Sykes.593 |
Producer name: BIOG63024 Photographed by:Gen Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes KCIE |
Production date: 1900

lantern slide (photographic)

Museum number: Sykes.177 |
Producer name: BIOG63024 Photographed by:Gen Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes KCIE |
Production date: 1900

lantern slide (photographic)

Museum number: Sykes.27 |
Producer name: BIOG63024 Photographed by:Gen Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes KCIE |
Production date: 1900

lantern slide (photographic)

Museum number: Sykes.105 |
Producer name: BIOG63024 Photographed by:Gen Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes KCIE |
Production date: 1900

lantern slide (photographic)

Museum number: Sykes.183 |
Producer name: BIOG63024 Photographed by:Gen Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes KCIE |
Production date: 1900

lantern slide (photographic)

Museum number: Sykes.253 |
Producer name: BIOG63024 Photographed by:Gen Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes KCIE |
Production date: 1900

lantern slide (photographic)

Museum number: Sykes.193 |
Producer name: BIOG63024 Photographed by:Gen Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes KCIE |
Production date: 1900

lantern slide (photographic)

Museum number: Sykes.234 |
Producer name: BIOG63024 Photographed by:Gen Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes KCIE |
Production date: 1900

lantern slide (photographic)

Museum number: Sykes.242 |
Producer name: BIOG63024 Photographed by:Gen Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes KCIE |
Production date: 1900

mancala-board

Museum number: Af1957,08.1 |
Ethnic group: x83578 Made by:Edo |
Production date: 16thC-19thC |
Production place: Made in:Benin City |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Benin City

medal; badge

Museum number: M.8622 |
Production date: 1757 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal; badge

Museum number: 1921,0809.9 |
Production date: 1757 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: 2004,0805.11 |
Production date: 1935 |
Production place: Made in:Hungary

negative

Museum number: Hopkinson,B11.3 |
Producer name: BIOG133520 Photographed by:Arthur J Hopkinson |
Production date: 1947

netsuke

Museum number: HG.84 |
Production date: 18thC |
Production place: Made in:Japan

netsuke

Museum number: HG.130 |
Production date: 17thC-18thC |
Production place: Made in:Japan

netsuke

Museum number: HG.732 |
Production place: Made in:Japan

ornament

Museum number: Af1897,-.504 |
Ethnic group: x83578 Made by:Edo |
Production date: 16thC - 19thC |
Production place: Made in:Benin City |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Benin City

ornament

Museum number: Af1897,-.505 |
Ethnic group: x83578 Made by:Edo |
Production date: 16thC - 19thC |
Production place: Made in:Benin City |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Benin City

ornament

Museum number: Af1897,-.506 |
Ethnic group: x83578 Made by:Edo |
Production date: 16thC - 19thC |
Production place: Made in:Benin City |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Benin City

painting; hanging scroll

Museum number: 1917,0618,0.2 |
Producer name: BIOG5597 Painted by:Shiba Kokan (司馬江漢) |
Cultures/periods: x13823 Edo Period |
Production date: 19thC(early) |
Production place: Made in:Japan

painting; album

Title: A European gentleman in a red coat |
Museum number: 1960,1112,0.2 |
Producer name: BIOG11722 Made by:Levni |
Cultures/periods: x14382 Ottoman dynasty |
Production date: 18thC(Early) |
Production place: Made in:Turkey

pen-box

Museum number: 1964,1218.1 |
Cultures/periods: x23229 Qajar dynasty |
Production date: 19thc |
Production place: Made in:Iran

pendant mask

Museum number: Af1947,18.41 |
Ethnic group: x83578 Made by:Edo |
Production date: 16thC(late)-19thC(mid) |
Production place: Made in:Benin City |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Benin City

photographic print

Museum number: Hopkinson,B3.63 |
Producer name: BIOG133520 Photographed by:Arthur J Hopkinson |
Production date: 1927

photographic print

Museum number: Hopkinson,B2.71 |
Producer name: BIOG133520 Photographed by:Arthur J Hopkinson |
Production date: 1925-1935

photographic print

Museum number: Hopkinson,B6.68 |
Producer name: BIOG133520 Photographed by:Arthur J Hopkinson |
Production date: 1926-1928

photographic print

Museum number: Hopkinson,B3.70 |
Producer name: BIOG133520 Photographed by:Arthur J Hopkinson |
Production date: 1927

photographic print

Museum number: Hopkinson,B6.1 |
Producer name: BIOG133520 Photographed by:Arthur J Hopkinson |
Production date: 1926-1928

photographic print

Museum number: Hopkinson,B6.19 |
Producer name: BIOG133520 Photographed by:Arthur J Hopkinson |
Production date: 1946-1948

photographic print

Museum number: Hopkinson,B2.54 |
Producer name: BIOG133520 Photographed by:Arthur J Hopkinson |
Production date: 1925-1935

photographic print

Museum number: Hopkinson,B2.97 |
Producer name: BIOG133520 Photographed by:Arthur J Hopkinson |
Production date: 1925-1935

photographic print

Museum number: Hopkinson,B3.69 |
Producer name: BIOG133520 Photographed by:Arthur J Hopkinson |
Production date: 1927

photographic print

Museum number: Hopkinson,B6.3 |
Producer name: BIOG133520 Photographed by:Arthur J Hopkinson |
Production date: 1926-1928

photographic print

Museum number: Hopkinson,B3.51 |
Producer name: BIOG133520 Photographed by:Arthur J Hopkinson |
Production date: 1927

photographic print

Museum number: Hopkinson,B4.35 |
Producer name: BIOG133520 Photographed by:Arthur J Hopkinson

photographic print

Museum number: Hopkinson,B3.74 |
Producer name: BIOG133520 Photographed by:Arthur J Hopkinson |
Production date: 1927

photographic print

Museum number: Hopkinson,B3.64 |
Producer name: BIOG133520 Photographed by:Arthur J Hopkinson |
Production date: 1927

photographic print

Museum number: Hopkinson,B2.57 |
Producer name: BIOG133520 Photographed by:Arthur J Hopkinson |
Production date: 1926

photographic print

Museum number: Hopkinson,B7.38 |
Producer name: BIOG133520 Photographed by:Arthur J Hopkinson |
Production date: 1926-1930

photographic print

Museum number: Hopkinson,B2.68 |
Producer name: BIOG133520 Photographed by:Arthur J Hopkinson |
Production date: 1926

photographic print

Museum number: Hopkinson,B3.52 |
Producer name: BIOG133520 Photographed by:Arthur J Hopkinson |
Production date: 1927

photographic print

Museum number: Hopkinson,B1.3 |
Producer name: BIOG133520 Photographed by:Arthur J Hopkinson |
Production date: 1920-1930

photographic print

Museum number: Hopkinson,B2.61 |
Producer name: BIOG133520 Photographed by:Arthur J Hopkinson |
Production date: 1925-1935

photographic print

Museum number: Hopkinson,B8.50 |
Producer name: BIOG133520 Photographed by:Arthur J Hopkinson |
Production date: 1926-1930

photographic print

Museum number: Hopkinson,B3.72 |
Producer name: BIOG133520 Photographed by:Arthur J Hopkinson |
Production date: 1927

photographic print

Museum number: Hopkinson,B7.39 |
Producer name: BIOG133520 Photographed by:Arthur J Hopkinson |
Production date: 1926-1930

photographic print

Museum number: Af,A51.3 |
Production date: 1880-1905 |
Production place: Made in:Nigeria

photographic print

Museum number: Af,A48.174 |
Producer name: BIOG134101 Photographed by:Sir Manuel Raymond Menendez |
Production date: 1880-1905 |
Production place: Made in:Nigeria

photographic print

Museum number: Hopkinson,B7.30 |
Producer name: BIOG133520 Photographed by:Arthur J Hopkinson |
Production date: 1926-1930