Compartment / canopy support. Almost triangular in shape with one end piece carved with two semi-circles, whilst the narrower end looks like a circle carved with a rectangular notch in the centre. Pyroengraved triangles on the exterior of the compartment. There are notches carved into the underside of the compartment, which allow it to slot over the seats in 1900.1.7 .1. This compartment goes into the back of the boat. Part of model boat 1900.1.7 [ASh [OPS move] 04/10/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Compartment / canopy support. Almost triangular in shape with one end piece carved with two semi-circles, whilst the narrower end looks like a circle carved with a rectangular notch in the centre. Pyroengraved triangles on the exterior of the compartment. There are notches carved into the underside of the compartment, which allow it to slot over the seats in 1900.1.7 .1. This compartment goes into the back of the boat. 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
Dimensions: Height: max 78 mm, Width: max 83 mm, Length: max 185 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1900.1.7.4
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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