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Object Number 16-43-50/B1516
Display Title Ukhurhe (rattle staff)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Ukhurhe
Inventory Description Post, carved wood, anthropomorph figures, 1 hollow segment withrattle
Classification
  • Post
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Benin
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nigeria
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 133.9 x 6.9 x 6.6 cm (52 11/16 x 2 11/16 x 2 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 16-43-50/B1516/ B/1516/ Benin City King's wood carved/ with figures, the w blood
Provenance
Collector British Punitive Force (1897)
Dealer William O. Oldman
Donor Mr. Oric Bates (1916)

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