Arm or leg ornament; ring of brass of circular section decorated with small circular impressions, with 3 pellet bells on the outer rim.

Collection type: Object
Description: Arm or leg ornament; ring of brass of circular section decorated with small circular impressions, with 3 pellet bells on the outer rim.
Geographical reference: Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria; Benin
Cultural groups: Edo
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source George Fabian Lawrence
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1901
Date collected: By 1901 probably 1897
Acquisition information: Purchased: 02/1901
Materials and processes: Material Brass Metal, Process Cast, Process Impressed
Dimensions: Width: max 172 mm, Length: max 145 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1901.53.3
Research and responses: This object is part of a set of bell ornaments purchased from George Fabian Lawrence in May 1900. Lawrence was an antiquities dealer who ran a shop in Wandsworth, London, through which many objects taken from Benin City in 1897 passed. The set had previously been bought by Lawrence at Stevens Auction Rooms on 12th February 1901. This sale had been advertised as "a magnificent collection of BENIN CURIOS, consisting of armlets, bells, heads, carved boxes and stools, bronze Ju-Ju's ceremonial iron swords, ivory carvings, keys, weapons…” (“Sales by Auction”, The Telegraph, Saturday 9th February 1901). [JMC 14/04/2023]

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