Brass armlet of pellet bells and representations of mudfish, linked together. [presumably LMM 7 1991; JC 6 7 2000]

Collection type: Object
Description: Brass armlet of pellet bells and representations of mudfish, linked together. [presumably LMM 7 1991; JC 6 7 2000]
Geographical reference: Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria
Cultural groups: Edo
Person: Field collector George Le Clerc Egerton; Field collector 1897 Benin City "Punitive Expedition"; PRM source Dumas-Egerton Trust
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1897
Date collected: 1897
Acquisition information: Loaned: 1991
Materials and processes: Material Brass Metal, Process Cast
Dimensions: Length: max 160 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1991.13.33
Research and responses: The Dumas-Egerton Collection, of which this is part, was examined by Hermione Waterfield of Christie's in 1984, and a document, dated 7th December 1984, was produced with the title 'Part of the Nigerian Art Collected by Admiral Sir George Le Cler[c] Egerton on the Benin Expedition of 1897 on Deposit at Maidstone Museum' (see RDF). The entry for this object reads: 'A similar ornament [to 1991.13.32], not gilt, the mudfish engraved with bands of dot and dash, single eye borders.' [JC 23 1 2002]