Model of native river gun-boat. Roughly Oval in shape with one end shaped to a point and the other end squared off. There six seats attached to the boat that overlap the sides. There are openwork designs consisting of triangles on the exterior of the boat with some pyronengraving present here too. Part of model boat 1900.1.7 [ASh [OPS move] 04/10/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Model of native river gun-boat. Roughly Oval in shape with one end shaped to a point and the other end squared off. There six seats attached to the boat that overlap the sides. There are openwork designs consisting of triangles on the exterior of the boat with some pyronengraving present here too. Part of model boat 1900.1.7 [ASh [OPS move] 04/10/2016]
Geographical reference: Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria; Benin
Cultural groups: Edo
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Cuthbert Edgar Peek
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1900
Date collected: By 1900 probably 1897
Acquisition information: Donated: 1900
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Process Carved, Process Pyroengraved Pokerwork, Process Openwork
Dimensions: Height: max 71 mm, Width: max 86 mm, Length: max 732 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1900.1.7.1
Research and responses: Apparently not listed in Philip J. C. Dark, An Illustrated Catalogue of Benin Art, Boston, MA: G. K. Hall, 1982.

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