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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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