Cross-piece or seat. Made from a rectangular piece of wood. Pyroengraved with lines along the length of the upper surface. Perforated with a hole in the centre of the strip. Part of model boat 1900.1.7 [ASh [OPS move] 04/10/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Cross-piece or seat. Made from a rectangular piece of wood. Pyroengraved with lines along the length of the upper surface. Perforated with a hole in the centre of the strip. 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 17 mm, Width: max 17 mm, Length: max 152 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1900.1.7.5
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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