The information below describes the objects being borrowed by the Western Australian Museum and the National Museum of Australia for A History of the World in 100 Objects from the British Museum Western Australian Museum Perth 13 Feb - 18 Jun 2016
National Museum of Australia Canberra 08 Sep 2016 - 29 Jan 2017
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RefImage Dept Description
Inscriptions (if
applicable)Reg number Lender Date Material Technique
place of
creationdiscover
y
Collected byPrevious owner Date of Collection DonorVendor Provenance comments
Date
acquired
by BM
Height Width Depth DiameterWeight
(some
estimated)
Web links to provenancedetailed object information
Section 1 Introduction
1 EXH000 AES Inner Coffin of Shepenmehyt (base) 186910073 British Museum c600 BC Wood painted
Thebes Egypt
[Theban Necopolis
one of 30 coffins
assembled for Prince
of Wales to consider]
part of collection assembled by
Mustapha Agha Ayad (British
Consular agent in Luxor) for
purchase
1869 Donated by Edward VII 1869160 1770 550
30 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=124410amppartId=1ampsearchText=YCA55932amppage=1
2 EXH000 AES Inner Coffin of Shepenmehyt (lid) 186910073 British Museum c600 BC Wood painted Thebes Egypt
part of collection assembled by
Mustapha Agha Ayad (British
Consular agent in Luxor) for
purchase
1869 Donated by Edward VII 1869 300 1770 550 30 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=124410amppartId=1ampsearchText=YCA55932amppage=1
Section 2 Beginnings (2000000 - 3500 BC)
3 EXH001Image
pendingBEP Olduvai stone chopping tool 193412141 British Museum
18-2 million
years oldBasalt
Olduvai Gorge
Tanzania Africa
Collected by the East Africa
Archaeological expedition led by
Louis Leakey in 1931
1931Acquired through British Museum
excavation
Acquired with contribution from the British
Museum Royal Geographical Society the
Royal Society and the University of
Cambridge
1934 929 88 715 500 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1469849amppartId=1ampmuseumno=193412141amppage=1
4 EXH002 BEP Olduvai handaxe 1934121449 British Museum
850000-
400000
years old
PhonoliteOlduvai Gorge CK III
Tanzania Africa
Collected by the East Africa
Archaeological expedition led by
Louis Leakey in 1932
1931Acquired through British Museum
excavation
acquired with contribution from the British
Museum Royal Geographical Society the
Royal Society and the University of
Cambridge
1934 238 100 50 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=808737amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1934121449amppage=1
5 EXH003 BEP Stone slab engraved with the image of a bison Palart658 British Museum
14000-
13000 years
old
Stone Montastruc France Excavated by Peccadeau d lIsle 1866-67 Purchased from Peccadeau de lIslePurchased with contribution from Christy
Fund1887 108 95 18 500 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1525642amppartId=1ampmuseumno=palart658amppage=1
6 EXH004 BEP Clovis spear point 19621206137 British Museum
14000-
13000 years
old
Flint Arizona USA 1962Purchased from Colonel Kelly Purchased with contribution from Christy
Fund1962 855 298 75 100 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3175535amppartId=1ampmuseumno=19621206137amppage=1
7 EXH005 AOA Indigenous Australian Basket Oc19390835 British MuseumAbout AD
1900 - 1939Pandanus fibre
Port Essington
Northern Territory
Australia
Collected by John P Rogers pre 1914 Donated by GM Matthews
John P Rogers was an ornithological
collector for G M Matthews working in
Northern Australia
1939 570 270 150 300 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=496810amppartId=1ampmuseumno=oc19390835amppage=1
8 EXH006 ASIA Jomon pot with lid OA+20 British Museum c5000 BC Ceramic wood lacquer Japan Philipp Franz von Siebold 1850s Donated by Philipp Franz von Siebold 1875Pot 150
Lid 50
Pot 170
Lid 168750 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=772951amppartId=1ampmuseumno=OA+20amppage=1
9 EXH007 ASIA Jomon vessel OA+654 British Museum1000-300
BCCeramic Hokkaido Japan
Philipp Franz von Siebold during his
stay in Nagasaki (1823-29) 1823-29 Donated by Heinrich von Siebold 1974 120 200 190 500 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=772767amppartId=1ampmuseumno=OA+654amppage=1
10 EXH008 ASIA Jomon jar OA+633 British Museum1000-300
BCCeramic Japan Unknown 1974 275 220 500 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=772788amppartId=1ampmuseumno=OA+633amppage=1
11 EXH009 AOA Bird-shaped pestle Oc190804231 British Museum6000-2000
BCStone
Oro Province Papua
New Guinea
Purchased from Capt Francis Rickman
Barton 1908 362 73 91 2 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=503211amppartId=1ampmuseumno=oc190804231amppage=1
12 EXH010 ME Bowl with stylised bucrania decoration 1934021011 British Museum5600-5200
BCCeramic Arpachiyah Iraq
Excavated by Professor Sir Max
Edgar Lucien Mallowan1933-1934
Dontaed by Professor Sir Max Edgar
Lucien Mallowan
Excavation funded by British
Museum1934 89 254 500 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=365455amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1934021011amppage=1
13 EXH011 ` AES Mudstone palette in the form of an animal 18710619425 British Museum4000-3600
BCMudstone Egypt Rev Greville John Chester
Purchased from Rev Greville John
Chester1871 143 286 12 647 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=126256amppartId=1ampmuseumno=18710619425amppage=1
14 EXH012 AES Siltstone palette in the form of a hippo 192611112 British Museum4000-3600
BCSiltstone Egypt Donated by Percy Edward Newberry 1926 75 170 4 86 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=117072amppartId=1ampmuseumno=192611112amppage=1
15 EXH013 AES Siltstone palette in the form of a turtle 1902041267 British Museum4000-3600
BCSiltstone Egypt Purchased from Mohammed Mohassib Purchased through Chauncey Murch 1902 187 213 12 600 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=117065amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1902041267amppage=1
16 EXH014 AES Siltstone palette in the form of a fish 192506164 British Museum4000-3600
BCSiltstone Egypt Donated by Miss Alfreda T Hudd 1925 90 167 8 157g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=117066amppartId=1ampmuseumno=192506164amppage=1
17 EXH015 GR Neolithic female figure from Karpathos 188603101 British Museum
Late
Neolithic
4500BC-
3200BC
LimestoneBourgounte
Karpathos GreecePurchased from James Theodore Bent 1886 660 354 200 40 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=421554amppartId=1ampmuseumno=188603101amppage=1
18 EXH016 BEP Polished jade axe 197904011 British Museum5000-3600
BCJadeite
Biebrich Darmstadt
Wiebaden GermanyDonated by Miss Sylvia Crawshay 1979 264 93 26 843g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1358153amppartId=1ampmuseumno=197904011amppage=1
19 EXH017 ASIA Jade cong 19451017157 British Museum c2500 BC Nephrite China Duan Fang Bequeathed by Oscar Charles Raphael 1945 205 75 77 15 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=257282amppartId=1ampmuseumno=19451017157amppage=1
Section 3 The First Cities (4000 - 700 BC)
20 EXH018 ME The Queens Lyre 192810101a British Museum c 2500 BCGold shell wood bitumen
lapis lazuli red limestoneUr Iraq Excavated by Sir Leonard Woolley 1927-1928
Objects allocated to the British Museum
from Ur excavation season 1927-1928
Division of finds between British Museum
and Department of Antiquities of Iraq1928 1125 730 70 5 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=368339amppartId=1ampmuseumno=192810101aamppage=1
21 EXH019 ME Early writing tablet 198901304 British Museum3100-3000
BCBaked clay Iraq Professor Hans Erlenmeyer
Purchased through auction of the
Erlenmeyer Collection at Christies (lot 46)
Purchased with contribution from the
British Museum Society (later Friends)1989 94 68 23 500 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=327218amppartId=1ampmuseumno=198901304amppage=1
22 EXH020 ME The Flood Tablet
2 columns of inscription on
either side 49 and 51 lines
+ 45 and 49 lines Epic of
Gilgamesh tablet 11 story
of the Flood
K3375 British Museum 700-600 BC ClayKouyunjik (Nineveh)
Iraq
Excavated by Hormuzd Rassam (led
by AH Layard) mid-19th century
Acquired under a permit arranged with the
then ruling Ottoman government
Excavation conducted on behalf of the
Trustees of the British Museumpre-1872 152 130 31 750 g
httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=309929amppartId=1ampmuseumno=K3375amppage=1
Also httpwwwhistoryofinformationcomexpandedphpid=1762
23 EXH021 ASIA Steatite Indus Seal 189212101 British Museum2500-2000
BCSteatite
Harappa Punjab
Pakistan Maj-Gen Malcolm George Clerk 1892 24 25 14 15 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=225587amppartId=1ampmuseumno=189212101amppage=1
24 EXH022 ME Steatite Indus Seal 19321008178 British Museum2500-2000
BCSteatite Ur Iraq
Excavated by Sir Charles Leonard
Woolley1931-1932
Objects allocated to the British Museum
from Ur excavation season 1931-1932
Division of finds between British Museum
and Department of Antiquities of Iraq1932 13 22 15 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=804667amppartId=1ampmuseumno=19321008178amppage=1
25 EXH023 ME Marble Indus Stamp-seal 201360011042 British Museumc 3300-
1300 BCMarble Afghanistan
Bequeathed by Prof Wilfred George
Lambert2013 38 38 16 20 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3532170amppartId=1ampmuseumno=201360011042amppage=1
26 EXH024 AOA Olmec stone mask Am1938102114 British Museum 900-400 BC Greenstone Mexico Purchased from Dr Thomas Gann 1938 130 113 57 25 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=478838amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Am1938102114amppage=1
27 EXH025 ASIA Chinese Zhou ritual vessel 197704041 British Museum1100 - 1000
BCbronze Henan China Capt Dugald Malcom Purchased from Bluett amp Sons
Purchased funded by the Brooke Sewell
Bequest1977 216 420 268 10 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=226804amppartId=1ampmuseumno=197704041amppage=1
28 EXH026 GR Figure of a Minoan bronze worshipper 19180101114 British Museumc1700-1450
BCBronze Crete Greece
Object from old collection not previously
registeredpre-1885 205 78 60 15 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=462299amppartId=1ampmuseumno=19180101114amppage=1
29 EXH027 BEP Gold lunula 187104011 British Museumc 2400-
2000 BCGold
Mangerton Kerry
IrelandPurchased from Sir Thomas Tobin 1871 75 210 58 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1394338amppartId=1ampmuseumno=187104011amppage=1
30 EXH028 BEP Gold lunula 183812191 British Museumc 2400-
2000 BCGold Ireland Purchased from Harry Osborn Cureton 1838 73 220 65 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1395762amppartId=1ampmuseumno=183812191amppage=1
31 EXH029 AES Statue of Rameses II 184011143 British Museum c1280 BC Granite
Temple of Khnum
Elephantine Aswan
Egypt
Major Leake Donated by William Richard Hamilton 1840 1430 680 520 495 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=177500amppartId=1ampmuseumno=184011143amppage=1
Section 4 Power and Philosophy (700 BC - AD 100)
32 EXH030 CM Gold coin of Croesus 189711021 British Museum c 550 BC Gold Lydia Turkey Unknown 1897 12 20 106 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1253973amppartId=1ampmuseumno=189711021amppage=1
33 EXH031 CM Gold coin of Croesus 187702011 British Museum c 550 BC Gold Lydia Turkey Purchased from Alfred J Lawson 1877 7 10 27 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1253967amppartId=1ampmuseumno=187702011amppage=1
Object Information Object Dimensions (mm) web address
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RefImage Dept Description
Inscriptions (if
applicable)Reg number Lender Date Material Technique
place of
creationdiscover
y
Collected byPrevious owner Date of Collection DonorVendor Provenance comments
Date
acquired
by BM
Height Width Depth DiameterWeight
(some
estimated)
Web links to provenancedetailed object information
34 EXH032 CM Silver coin of Croesus 18480803200 British Museum 595-546 BC Silver Lydia Turkey Purchased from Claude Scott Steuart 1848 15 19 94 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1253964amppartId=1ampmuseumno=18480803200amppage=1
35 EXH033 CM Silver coin of Croesus 1850032675 British Museum c 550 BC Silver Lydia Turkey Frederick Robert Paul Boumloumlcke
Purchased at the sale of Boumloumlckes
collection of Greek and Roman coins at
Sothebys March 1850 (lot B83)
Purchased through Harry Osborn Cureton 1850 13 15 53 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1253951amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1850032675amppage=1
36 EXH034 CM Silver coin of Croesus 19470406427 British Museum c 550 BC Silver Lydia Turkey Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman
In 1947 the British Museum purchased Sir
Charles Omans scholarly collection of
Greek coins in conjunction with the
Ashmolean Museum from his heirs
1947 11 13 35 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1253942amppartId=1ampmuseumno=19470406427amppage=1
37 EXH035 CM Silver coin of Croesus 19870649439 British Museum c 550 BC Silver Lydia Turkey R B Lewis Bequeathed by Mrs G E M Lewis (in 1986)Bequeathed through the National Art
Collections Fund (later The Art Fund)1987 7 11 17 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1267185amppartId=1ampmuseumno=19870649439amppage=1
38 EXH036 CM Silver coin of Croesus BNKG949 British Museum c 550 BC Silver Lydia Turkey Donated by the Bank of England 1877 7 08 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1253940amppartId=1ampmuseumno=BNKG949amppage=1
39 EXH037 ME Assyrian relief showing two soldiers 185609099 British Museum 700-695 BC GypsumKouyunjik (Nineveh)
Iraq
Excavated by John George Taylor
Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson
Hormuzd Rassam William Kennett
Loftus
Acquired through British Museum funded
excavation c 1856 1600 1110 90 820 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=369048amppartId=1ampmuseumno=185609099amppage=1
40 EXH038 AES Shabti of Taharqo 1922051375 British Museum c 644 BC Granite Nuri Sudan Excavated by George A Reisner Donated by the Government of Sudan 1922 460 142 130 21 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=116227amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1922051375amppage=1
41 EXH039 ME Gold statuette of a bearded man 189712312 British Museum 500-400 BC GoldTakht-I Kuwad
TajikistanMaj-Gen Sir Alexander Cunningham
Bequeathed by Sir Augustus Wollaston
Franks1897 56 14 10 38 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=282399amppartId=1ampmuseumno=189712312amppage=1
42 EXH040 ME Gold statuette of a bearded man 189712312a British Museum 500-400 BC GoldTakht-I Kuwad
TajikistanMaj-Gen Sir Alexander Cunningham
Bequeathed by Sir Augustus Wollaston
Franks1897 53 13 10 33 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=282399amppartId=1ampmuseumno=189712312amppage=1
43 EXH041 CM Silver coin with the head of Alexander 1841B506 British Museum 305-281 BC SilverLampsacus Lapseki
Mysia TurkeyPurchased from Thomas Burgon 1841 31 171 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1264142amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1841B506amppage=1
44 EXH042 CM Silver coin with the head of Alexander RPKp86B12Lys British Museum 305-281 BC SilverLampsacus Lapseki
Mysia TurkeyBequeathed by Richard Payne Knight 1824 30 171 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1264145amppartId=1ampmuseumno=RPKp86B12Lysamppage=1
45 EXH043 AES Funerary stela of Didymos
Content in hieroglyphics
may he live for all time
the names of Isis Osiris
and Anubis incised next to
their images and in Greek
D[id]ymos (son) of
Hierakon twenty-seven
years (old) before his
time
1857081113 British Museum100 BC-100
ADLimestone Egypt
Purchased from the executors of Giovanni
Anastasi1857 550 325 85 20 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=123161amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1857081113amppage=1
46 EXH044 GR Bronze head of Augustus from Meroeuml 191109011 British Museum 27 - 25 BC Bronze Meroeuml Sudan AfricaExcavated by Professor John
Garstang
Donated by the Sudan Excavation
Committee
Purchased with contribition from The
National Collections Fund (later The Art
Fund)
1911 462 265 294 20 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=466397amppartId=1ampmuseumno=191109011amppage=1
47 EXH045 ASIA Carving from the Great Stupa of Amaravati 1880070981 British Museum1st-2nd C
BCLimestone
Amaravati Andhra
Pradesh IndiaExcavated by Sir Walter Elliot
Transferred from India Museum (London)
when it closed in 1879
Acquired as the result of the abolition in
1879 of the India Museum (Exhibition
Road London) and the partition of its
contents between the Britisin Museum and
the South Kensington Museum (later the
Victoria and Albert Museum)
1880 1160 910 180 c 280 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=179463amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1880070981amppage=1
48 EXH046 ASIA Chinese bronze bell 1973072623 British Museumc 600-400
BCBronze China Bequeathed by Brenda Zara Seligman 1973 150 105 80 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=255038amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1973072623amppage=1
49 EXH047 GR Marble bust of Sophocles 1805070387 British Museum 220-160 BC MarbleVilla of Terentius Varro
Murena Lazio ItalyCharles Townley
Purchased from Peregrine Edward
Towneley1905 495 319 297 c 80 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=460091amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1805070387amppage=1
50 EXH048 AOA Columbian gold helmet Am+343 British Museum500 BC-700
ADGold
Early Quimbaya
ColombiaPurchased from Percy Brandon 1877 85 175 190 300 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=664842amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Am+343amppage=1
Section 5 Ritual and Belief (AD 1 - 800)
51
EXH049ASIA Liu Bo players ceramic figurine 193311141a-c British Museum
c 1st-2nd C
ADCeramic China
Donated by the Friends of the British
Museum1933
Fig1 190
Fig2 190
Board 68
Fig1 155
Fig2 155
Board 290
Fig1 110
Fig2 80
Board 225
2 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=227768amppartId=1ampsearchText=liu+boamppage=1
52
EXH050AOA Otter shaped tobacco pipe AmS266 British Museum
200 BC-AD
400Stone
Mound City
Chilicothe Ohio USA
Ephraim George Squier Edwin
Hamilton Davis1847-1848
Purchased from Salisbury amp South
Wiltshire Museum1931 51 33 100 500 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=529362amppartId=1ampmuseumno=AmS266amppage=1
53 EXH051 AOA Bird shaped tobacco pipe AmS241 British Museum200 BC-AD
400Stone
Mound City
Chilicothe Ohio USA
Ephraim George Squier Edwin
Hamilton Davis1847-1848
Purchased from Salisbury amp South
Wiltshire Museum1931 50 39 97 500 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=529387amppartId=1ampmuseumno=AmS241amppage=1
54
EXH052AOA Feline shaped tobacco pipe AmS276 British Museum
200 BC-AD
400Stone
Mound City
Chilicothe Ohio USA
Ephraim George Squier Edwin
Hamilton Davis1847-1848
Purchased from Salisbury amp South
Wiltshire Museum1931 45 25 100 500 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=529350amppartId=1ampmuseumno=AmS276amppage=1
55
EXH053AOA Heron with fish tobacco pipe AmS234 British Museum
200 BC-AD
400Stone
Mound City
Chilicothe Ohio USA
Ephraim George Squier Edwin
Hamilton Davis1847-1848
Purchased from Salisbury amp South
Wiltshire Museum1931 51 38 93 500 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=529394amppartId=1ampmuseumno=AmS234amppage=1
56
EXH054AOA Rodent shaped tobacco pipe AmS259 British Museum
200 BC-AD
400Stone
Mound City
Chilicothe Ohio USA
Ephraim George Squier Edwin
Hamilton Davis1847-1848
Purchased from Salisbury amp South
Wiltshire Museum1931 32 31 70 500 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=529369amppartId=1ampmuseumno=AmS259amppage=1
57
EXH055AOA Greenstone ceremonial ball game belt AmSt398 British Museum 100-500 AD Greenstone Veracruz Mexico Percy William Doyle Henry Christy 1860-1869 120 410 530 33 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=667487amppartId=1ampmuseumno=AmSt398amppage=1
58
EXH056GR Marble statue of Mithras slaying the bull 182506131 British Museum
Roman 2nd
C ADMarble Rome Italy Purchased from Charles Standish 1825 1370 1495 450 250 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=463619amppartId=1ampmuseumno=182506131amppage=1
59
EXH057ME Arabian inscribed votive bronze hand
6 line dedication to the
god Talab198306262 British Museum
2nd-3rd C
ADBronze Yemen Purchased from Spink amp Son Ltd 1983 185 110 40 979 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=365982amppartId=1ampmuseumno=198306262amppage=1
60
EXH058ME Silver plate showing a Sasanian king hunting 190811181 British Museum 4th C AD Silver
Turkey probably
made in IranPurchased from Durlacher Bros 1908 45 180 394 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=282431amppartId=1ampmuseumno=190811181amppage=1
61
EXH059CM Gold coin of Kumaragupta 18940506963 British Museum
c 415 - 450
ADGold India Maj-Gen Sir Alexander Cunningham
Purchased from Maj-Gen Sir Alexander
Cunningham1894 19 83 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3459772amppartId=1ampmuseumno=18940506963amppage=1
62
EXH060ASIA Buddha statue from Gandhara 188071 British Museum
2nd-3rd C
ADSchist Pakistan
Transferred from India Museum (London)
when it closed in 1879
Acquired as the result of the abolition in
1879 of the India Museum (Exhibition
Road London) and the partition of its
contents between the Britisin Museum and
the South Kensington Museum (later the
Victoria and Albert Museum)
1880 915 545 190 110 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=182303amppartId=1ampmuseumno=188071amppage=1
63
EXH061ASIA Statue of the Goddess Tara 18980702142 British Museum
7th-8th C
ADBronze gold Sri Lanka Hugh Nevill 1898 150 83 85 750 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=249860amppartId=1ampmuseumno=18980702142amppage=1
64
EXH062BEP Sarcophagus depicting Jonah 195710111 British Museum AD 260-300 Marble
Ilminster Somerset
United KingdomPurchased from K J Hewett Ltd
Purchased with contribution from The
National Art Collections Fund (later The Art
Fund)
1957 600 1920 770 c 750 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=61226amppartId=1ampmuseumno=195710111amppage=1
65
EXH063X CM Gold coin of Abd al-Malik 187407063 British Museum AD 701 Gold Possibly Syria Unknown 1874 20 43 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=902943amppartId=1ampmuseumno=187407063amppage=1
66 EXH064 CM Gold coin of Abd al-Malik 193606051 British Museum AD 701 Gold Possibly Syria Donated by Prof Ernst Herzfeld 1936 20 43 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=902930amppartId=1ampmuseumno=193606051amppage=1
Section 6 Trading and Invading (AD 300 - 1100)
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RefImage Dept Description
Inscriptions (if
applicable)Reg number Lender Date Material Technique
place of
creationdiscover
y
Collected byPrevious owner Date of Collection DonorVendor Provenance comments
Date
acquired
by BM
Height Width Depth DiameterWeight
(some
estimated)
Web links to provenancedetailed object information
67 EXH065 ASIA Tang tomb figure of a civil official 19361012221 British Museum c 728 AD Glazed earthenwareLuoyang Henan
ChinaPurchased from George Eumorfopoulos 1936 1070 290 300 10 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=259388amppartId=1ampmuseumno=19361012221amppage=1
68 EXH066 ASIAFragment of a silk banner found at Dunhuang
showing Oriental deer MAS874a British Museum
AD 800 -
900Silk
Dunhuang Qian Fo
Dong Gansu
Province China
Sir Marc Aurel Stein 1906-1908Acquired from Steins Second Central
Asian Expedition 1906-08
The expedition was financed 35 by the
Government of India and 25 by the British
Museum and it was agreed that the finds
from the expedition should be allocated in
these proportions The distribution of the
finds between London and India was
determined by specialists appointed by the
Government of India (through the India
Office London) and the British Museum
who drew up lists of the objects for
approval by both sides The lists were
drawn up and approved in 1915
1917 302 165 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1342060amppartId=1ampmuseumno=MAS874aamppage=1
69 EXH067 ASIAFragment of a silk banner found at Dunhuang
showing Oriental deer MAS874b British Museum
AD 800 -
900Silk
Dunhuang Qian Fo
Dong Gansu
Province China
Sir Marc Aurel Stein 1906-1908Acquired from Steins Second Central
Asian Expedition 1906-08
The expedition was financed 35 by the
Government of India and 25 by the British
Museum and it was agreed that the finds
from the expedition should be allocated in
these proportions The distribution of the
finds between London and India was
determined by specialists appointed by the
Government of India (through the India
Office London) and the British Museum
who drew up lists of the objects for
approval by both sides The lists were
drawn up and approved in 1915
1917 287 109 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1342060amppartId=1ampmuseumno=MAS874bamppage=1
70 EXH068 ME Wall fragment depicting a human face OA+10622 British Museum 9th C AD Painted plaster Samarra Iraq Excavated by Prof Ernst Herzfeld 1911-1913
Discovered during the German excavations
in Samarra between 1911-13 and fell into
British hands when the Mesopotamian
Expeditionary Force took Samarra in April
1917
1921 120 115 30 750 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=241633amppartId=1ampmuseumno=OA+10622amppage=1
71 EXH069 ME Wall fragment depicting a camels head OA+11131 British Museum 9th C AD Painted plaster Samarra Iraq Excavated by Prof Ernst Herzfeld 1911-1913
Discovered during the German excavations
in Samarra between 1911-13 and fell into
British hands when the Mesopotamian
Expeditionary Force took Samarra in April
1917
1921 110 80 30 750 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=241258amppartId=1ampmuseumno=OA+11131amppage=1
72 EXH070 ME Wall fragment - Stucco design OA+10977 British Museum 9th C AD Painted plaster Samarra Iraq Excavated by Prof Ernst Herzfeld 1911-1913
Discovered during the German excavations
in Samarra between 1911-13 and fell into
British hands when the Mesopotamian
Expeditionary Force took Samarra in April
1917
1921 190 210 70 750 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=241389amppartId=1ampmuseumno=OA+10977amppage=1
73 EXH071 ME Wall fragment - Floral stucco design OA+10934 British Museum 9th C AD Painted plaster Samarra Iraq Excavated by Prof Ernst Herzfeld 1911-1913
Discovered during the German excavations
in Samarra between 1911-13 and fell into
British hands when the Mesopotamian
Expeditionary Force took Samarra in April
1917
1921 160 140 50 500 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=241428amppartId=1ampmuseumno=OA+10934amppage=1
74 EXH072 ME Wall fragment depicting a human face OA+11075 British Museum 9th C AD Painted plaster Samarra Iraq Excavated by Prof Ernst Herzfeld 1911-1913
Discovered during the German excavations
in Samarra between 1911-13 and fell into
British hands when the Mesopotamian
Expeditionary Force took Samarra in April
1917
1921 230 140 50 500 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=241300amppartId=1ampmuseumno=OA+11075amppage=1
75 EXH073 ME Wall fragment depicting a Peacocks tail OA+10947 British Museum 9th C AD Painted plaster Samarra Iraq Excavated by Prof Ernst Herzfeld 1911-1913
Discovered during the German excavations
in Samarra between 1911-13 and fell into
British hands when the Mesopotamian
Expeditionary Force took Samarra in April
1917
1921 230 180 40 500 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=241415amppartId=1ampmuseumno=OA+10947amppage=1
76 EXH074 ASIA Chinese pot sherds from Kilwa Africa (x13) OA+916 British Museumc 10th-14th
C ADCeramic
Kilwa Kisiwani Lindi
TanzaniaR Tanner 1948 Donated by R Tanner 1974 3 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=230067amppartId=1ampmuseumno=OA+916amppage=1
77 EXH075 ASIA Stone Buddha head from Borobudur 18591228176 British Museum 780-840 AD Volcanic stoneBorobudur Java
IndonesiaSir Thomas Stamford Raffles
Donated by Rev William Charles Raffles
Flint1859 330 240 270 30 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=251486amppartId=1ampmuseumno=18591228176amppage=1
78 EXH076 BEP Roman silver pepper pot from Hoxne 1994040833 British Museum AD 350-400 Silver gildingHoxne Suffolk
EnglandEric Lawes 1992
Acquired through HM Treasury (Treasure
Trove)
Acquired with contributions from The
National Art Collections Fund (later The Art
Fund) British Museum Friends and the
National Heritage Memorial Fund
1994 103 579 43 108 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1362638amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1994040833amppage=1
79 EXH077 BEP Ivory panel showing the adoration of the Magi 1856062317 British Museum c 800 AD Ivory Aachen Germany Purchased from William Maskell 1856 168 65 6 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=60018amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1856062317amppage=1
80 EXH078 BEP Goldsborough (Viking) Hoard - silver thistle brooch 185905111 British Museum c 10th C AD SilverGoldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 196 694 155 1155 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=63937amppartId=1ampmuseumno=185905111amppage=1
81 EXH079 BEPGoldsborough (Viking) Hoard - silver penannular
brooch185905112 British Museum 9-10th C AD Silver
Goldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 768 871 9 71 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=63932amppartId=1ampmuseumno=185905112amppage=1
82 EXH080 BEPGoldsborough (Viking) Hoard - silver thistle brooch
hacksilver185905113 British Museum 9-10th C AD Silver
Goldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 163 134 109 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=63935amppartId=1ampmuseumno=185905113amppage=1
83 EXH081 BEPGoldsborough (Viking) Hoard - silver pseudo-
penannular brooch hacksilver185905114 British Museum 9-10th C AD Silver
Goldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 25 204 58 127 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=86457amppartId=1ampmuseumno=185905114amppage=1
84 EXH082 BEPGoldsborough (Viking) Hoard - silver bossed
penannular brooch fragment185905115 British Museum 9-10th C AD Silver
Goldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 406 211 29 825 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=63938amppartId=1ampmuseumno=185905115amppage=1
85 EXH083 BEPGoldsborough (Viking) Hoard - silver ingot
hacksilver185905116 British Museum 9-10th C AD Silver
Goldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 607 197 8 346 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=63930amppartId=1ampmuseumno=185905116amppage=1
86 EXH084 BEPGoldsborough (Viking) Hoard - silver armlet
hacksilver185905117 British Museum 9-10th C AD Silver
Goldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 333 69 112 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=63888amppartId=1ampmuseumno=185905117amppage=1
87 EXH085 BEPGoldsborough (Viking) Hoard - silver armlet
hacksilver185905118 British Museum 9-10th C AD Silver
Goldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 414 83 222 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=63893amppartId=1ampmuseumno=185905118amppage=1
88 EXH086 BEPGoldsborough (Viking) Hoard - silver bracelet
hacksilver185905119 British Museum 9-10th C AD Silver
Goldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 305 133 4 152 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=63890amppartId=1ampmuseumno=185905119amppage=1
89 EXH087 BEPGoldsborough (Viking) Hoard - silver armlet
hacksilver1859051110 British Museum 9-10th C AD Silver
Goldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 124 145 31 49 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=63892amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1859051110amppage=1
90 EXH088 BEPGoldsborough (Viking) Hoard - silver armlet
hacksilver1859051111 British Museum 9-10th C AD Silver
Goldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 228 308 254 128 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=63887amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1859051111amppage=1
91 EXH089 CM Goldsborough (Viking) Hoard - Anglo-Saxon coin 1859051112 British Museum c 924 AD SilverGoldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 16 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3531577amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1859051112amppage=1
92 EXH090 CM Goldsborough (Viking) Hoard - Samanid silver coin 1859051116 British Museum 892-907 AD SilverGoldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 26 29 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3362532amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1859051116amppage=1
93 EXH091 CM Goldsborough (Viking) Hoard - Samanid silver coin 1859051121 British Museum 903 AD SilverGoldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 25 13 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=899659amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1859051121amppage=1
94 EXH092 CM Goldsborough (Viking) Hoard - Samanid silver coin 1859051121b British Museum 903 AD SilverGoldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 26 14 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3362518amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1859051121bamppage=1
95 EXH093 CM Goldsborough (Viking) Hoard - Samanid silver coin 1859051122 British Museum 892-907 AD SilverGoldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 27 28 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3362538amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1859051122amppage=1
96 EXH094 CM Goldsborough (Viking) Hoard - Samanid silver coin 1859051124 British Museum 906 AD SilverGoldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 28 35 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3362514amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1859051124amppage=1
97 EXH095 CM Goldsborough (Viking) Hoard - Samanid silver coin 1859051128 British Museum 819-999 AD SilverGoldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 28 29 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=896307amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1859051128amppage=1
EXH
RefImage Dept Description
Inscriptions (if
applicable)Reg number Lender Date Material Technique
place of
creationdiscover
y
Collected byPrevious owner Date of Collection DonorVendor Provenance comments
Date
acquired
by BM
Height Width Depth DiameterWeight
(some
estimated)
Web links to provenancedetailed object information
98 EXH096 CM Goldsborough (Viking) Hoard - Abbasid silver coin 1859051131 British Museum 893 AD SilverGoldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 25 2 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3309490amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1859051131amppage=1
99 EXH097 CM Goldsborough (Viking) Hoard - Banijurid silver coin 1859051135 British Museum 874-899 AD SilverGoldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 26 4 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3367070amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1859051135amppage=1
100 EXH098 CM Goldsborough (Viking) Hoard - Samanid silver coin 1859051141 British Museum 819-999 AD SilverGoldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 20 19 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3361658amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1859051141amppage=1
101 EXH099 CM Goldsborough (Viking) Hoard - Samanid silver coin 1859051142 British Museum 819-999 AD SilverGoldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 25 32 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3361655amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1859051142amppage=1
102 EXH100 CM Goldsborough (Viking) Hoard - Tahirid silver coin 1859051143 British Museum 816 AD Silver alloyGoldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 25 28 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3360283amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1859051143amppage=1
103 EXH101 CM Goldsborough (Viking) Hoard - Anglo-Saxon coin 185907261 British Museumc 871-899
ADSilver
Goldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 28 34 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1092114amppartId=1ampmuseumno=185907261amppage=1
104 EXH102 CM Goldsborough (Viking) Hoard - Anglo-Saxon coin 185907262 British Museum c 924 AD SilverGoldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 23 16 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1068682amppartId=1ampmuseumno=185907262amppage=1
105 EXH103 ASIA Japanese bronze mirror with cranes and pines 192710142 British Museum 12th C AD Bronze Japan Donated by H Yamakawa 1927 8 112 117 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=770300amppartId=1ampmuseumno=192710142amppage=1
106 EXH104 AOA Moche pot in the shape of a warrior AmP1 British Museum 100-700 AD Ceramic Peru LiverpoolDonated by Sir Augustus Wollaston
Franks1873 225 180 170 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=480501amppartId=1ampmuseumno=AmP1amppage=1
107 EXH105 AOA Moche pot in the shape of a seated figure Am1947105 British Museum 100-700 AD Ceramic Peru Donated by Mrs EHS Spottiswoode 1947 210 170 180 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=478210amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Am1947105amppage=1
108 EXH106 AOA Moche pot in the shape of a seated figure Am1947102 British Museum 100-700 AD Ceramic Peru Donated by Mrs EHS Spottiswoode 1947 175 160 185 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=478213amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Am1947102amppage=1
109 EXH107 AOA Moche pot in the shape of a seated warrior Am190912187 British Museum 100-700 AD CeramicTrujillo La Libertad
PeruThomas Hewitt Myring Donated by Henry Van den Bergh
Donated through the National Art
Collections Fund (later The Art Fund)1909 260 140 200 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=480108amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Am190912187amppage=1
110 EXH108 AOA Moche pot in the shape of a sleeping man Am1909121815 British Museum 100-700 AD CeramicTrujillo La Libertad
PeruThomas Hewitt Myring Donated by Henry Van den Bergh
Donated through the National Art
Collections Fund (later The Art Fund)1909 230 120 200 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=480101amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Am1909121815amppage=1
111 EXH109 AOA Mayan stone altar Am1923Maud16 British Museumc763-822
ADLimestone Copan Honduras Dr Alfred Percival Maudslay probably c1886
Donated to VampA Museum in 1886
Collection transferred to BM in 19231923 380 1030 800 256 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3428766amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Am1923Maud16amppage=1
Section 7 Innovation and Adaptation (AD 900 - 1550)
112 EXH110 BEP Icon of St Jerome
Content IRAM VINCE
PATIE CIAAM SIECIAZ
SCRIPT RARVM CARNIS
VINSIA NO AMAE
Transliteration Iram vince
patientia Ama scientia
Scripturarum et carnis vitia
non amabis
Translation Overcome
wrath by patience love the
knowledge of the Scriptures
and you will not love the sin
of the flesh
199405011 British Museum1400-1450
ADWood gesso gold Crete Greece
Once in the possession of John
Ruskin the panel was given by its
owner to the painter William Ward
(1829-1908) Alfred A de Pass
(according to the label on the back)
purchased it from Ward before 1905
when it was exhibited at the
Burlington Fine Arts Club (no 8) It
was presented to the National
Gallery in 1920 (no 3543) and
transferred to the British Museum in
1994
Donated by The National Gallery 1994 352 283 40 15 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=58756amppartId=1ampmuseumno=199405011amppage=1
113 EXH111 ASIA Shiva and Parvati sculpture 195010186 British Museum 10th C AD BasaltGaya District Bihar
IndiaC E Buckland CIE
Donated by Sir Phillip Buckland (son of CE
Buckland)1950 406 250 130 18 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=247656amppartId=1ampmuseumno=195010186amppage=1
114 EXH112 AOA Huastec sculpture Am184206115 British Museum900-1521
ADSandstone Paacutenuco River Mexico Donated by Capt James Vetch 1842 875 360 183 89 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=669495amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Am184206115amppage=1
115 EXH113 AOA Sculpture of Aztec spirit (Chuateteo) Am1990101 British Museumc1400-1521
ADAndesite Mexico
found in Scottish country house
Possibly from the collection of
William Bullock
Purchased from Michael Graham Stewart 1990 740 450 420 182 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=469879amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Am1990101amppage=1
116 EXH114 AOA Inca gold llama statuette Am192107211 British Museum1400-1550
ADGold Peru Purchased from NL Davidson 1921 55 25 65 250 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=479664amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Am192107211amppage=1
138 EXH115 AOA Double-headed boundary marker Oc192005062 British Museum AD 1600-1800Stone Easter Island Katherine Maria Routledge 1913-1915 Donated by W Scoresby Routledge 1920 48 27 27 40 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=500971amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Oc192005062amppage=1
117 EXH116 BEP Saint Connal Bell Shrine 1889090223 British Museumc 1400-
1500 ADBronze silver rock crystal gold
Inishkeel Donegal
Ireland
Donated by Sir Augustus Wollaston
Franks1889 228 166 125 212 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=8801amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1889090223amppage=1
118 EXH117 AOA Taino ritual wooden seat Am194922118 British MuseumAD 1292-
1399Wood gold
Santo Domingo
Dominican RepublicWilliam Ockelford Oldman Purchased from Mrs D K Oldman
Purchased with contribution from The
National Art Collections Fund (later The Art
Fund)
1949 220 140 440 2 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=651811amppartId=1ampsearchText=taino+ritual+wooden+seatamppage=1
119 EXH118 ASIA Japanese sword blade - tachiYoshikane - signature of
smith in Japanese199205231 British Museum
1200-1250
ADSteel Japan Dr Walter A Compton Purchased at Christies
Purchased through Eskanazi Ltd at BMs
request1992 50 970 10 15 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=765587amppartId=1ampmuseumno=199205231amppage=1
120 EXH119 BEP Lewis Chessman - King 1831110179 British Museumc1150-1175
ADIvory (walrus) Lewis Scotland UK pre-1831 Purchased from TA Forrest 1831 99 51 44 245 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=399amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1831110179amppage=1
121 EXH120 BEP Lewis Chessman - Queen 1831110184 British Museumc1150-1175
ADIvory (walrus) Lewis Scotland UK pre-1831 Purchased from TA Forrest 1831 96 50 34 156 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=404amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1831110184amppage=1
122 EXH121 BEP Lewis Chessman - Knight 18311101114 British Museumc1150-1175
ADIvory (walrus) Lewis Scotland UK pre-1831 Purchased from TA Forrest 1831 101 64 34 200 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=6207amppartId=1ampmuseumno=18311101114amppage=1
123 EXH122 BEP Lewis Chessman - Warder 18311101122 British Museumc1150-1175
ADIvory (walrus) Lewis Scotland UK pre-1831 Purchased from TA Forrest 1831 71 38 28 150 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=6215amppartId=1ampmuseumno=18311101122amppage=1
125 EXH124 BEP Lewis Chessman - Pawn 18311101127 British Museumc1150-1175
ADIvory (walrus) Lewis Scotland UK pre-1831 Purchased from TA Forrest 1831 50 28 22 150 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=6220amppartId=1ampmuseumno=18311101127amppage=1
126 EXH125 BEP Lewis Chessman - Pawn 18311101133 British Museumc1150-1175
ADIvory (walrus) Lewis Scotland UK pre-1831 Purchased from TA Forrest 1831 510 24 23 150 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=6226amppartId=1ampmuseumno=18311101133amppage=1
127 EXH126 ASIA Jade Dragon Cup
Ulugh Beg Kuragan in
Turkish Kuragan is a title
meaning royal son-in-law
195911201 British MuseumAD 1417-
1449Jade silver Central Asia
Purchased from Brooke Sewell Permanent
Fund1959 73 195 124 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=255413amppartId=1ampmuseumno=195911201amppage=1
128 EXH127 AOA Terracotta head from Ife Af193407161 British Museumc 1100-
1400 ADTerracotta
Iwinrin Grove Ife
NigeriaDonated by Harold George Ramshaw 1934 240 125 160 18kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=619063amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af193407161amppage=1
129 EXH128 ASIA Chinese (Yuan) blue-and-white serving dish Franks1670 British Museum1330-1350
ADGlazed porcelain
Jingdezhen Jiangxi
Province China
Donated by Sir Augustus Wollaston
Franks1876 76 458 2 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=264386amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Franks1670amppage=1
130 EXH129 ASIAKorean (Punchong) ware dish with Japanese
repairs1947121717 British Museum c 15th C AD Ceramic gold laquer Korea Donated by Henry Bergen 1947 75 178 750 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=769413amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1947121717amppage=1
131 EXH130 ASIA Punchong ware bottle with fish 200011301 British Museum c 1500 Glazed stoneware KoreaPurchased at Christies New York (19th
Sept lot 370)
Purchase funded by Hahn Kwang-Ho
Purchase Fund2000 287 170 750 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxmuseumno=200011301ampILINK|34484|assetId=21476001ampobjectI d=178952amppartId=1
132 EXH131 ASIAJapanese Teabowl inspired by Korean Buncheong
stonewareFranks1982 British Museum
c AD 1620-
1650Glazed stoneware Japan
Donated by Sir Augustus Wollaston
Franks1870s 85 137 750 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=774739amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Franks1982amppage=1
EXH
RefImage Dept Description
Inscriptions (if
applicable)Reg number Lender Date Material Technique
place of
creationdiscover
y
Collected byPrevious owner Date of Collection DonorVendor Provenance comments
Date
acquired
by BM
Height Width Depth DiameterWeight
(some
estimated)
Web links to provenancedetailed object information
133 EXH132 ASIAJapanese lotus stoneware dish inspired by Korean
Buncheong stonewareFranks1945 British Museum
c AD 1670-
1750 Glazed stoneware Japan
Donated by Sir Augustus Wollaston
Franks1870s 83 235 218 750 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=774771amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Franks1945amppage=1
134 EXH133 ME Iznik polychrome dish with floral designs G142 British Museumc 1570-
1580 ADGlazed ceramic Iznik Turkey Frederick Du Cane Goodman Bequeathed by Miss Edith Goodman 1983 70 350 15 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=215441amppartId=1ampmuseumno=G142amppage=1
135 EXH134 ME Iznik Golden Horn blue and white dish 188706179 British Museumc 1530-
1540 ADCeramic Iznik Turkey Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks 1887 60 331 15 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=239015amppartId=1ampmuseumno=188706179amppage=1
136 EXH135 ME Iznik Damascus style jar 18781230513 British Museumc 1540-
1560 ADCeramic Iznik Turkey John Henderson Bequeathed by John Henderson 1878 330 285 15 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=239219amppartId=1ampmuseumno=18781230513amppage =1
137 EXH136 BEP Hebrew astrolabe 189306163 British Museum1345-1355
ADBrass Spain Freacutedeacuteric Spitzer
Purchased through Rollin amp Feuardent
probably at the Chevallier amp Mannheim
Auction Paris
1893 111 914 156 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=54859amppartId=1ampmuseumno=189306163amppage=1
139 EXH137 PD Albrecht Durer Rhinoceros woodcut printSigned dated titled on
block by artist18950122715 British Museum 1515 AD Paper Nuremberg Germany Donated by William Mitchell 1895 241 301 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1342337amppartId=1ampmuseumno=18950122715amppag e=1
Section 8 Encounters and Connections (AD 1500 - 1800)
140 EXH138 BEP Circumnavigation medal - silver 1891090512 British Museum 1589 AD Silver England UK Donated by Sir Augustus Wollaston
Franks1891 1 68 20 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=51848amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1891090512amppage=1
141 EXH139 CM Circumnavigation medal - electrotype CME892 British Museum20th21st C
ADElectrotype UK Unknown Purchased through Christies 1967 1 66 194 g
142 EXH140 CM Piece of Eight silver coin C339 British Museum 1618 AD Silver Spain Unknown Unknown
probably acquired before the British
Museums current registration system was
created in the late 1830s
pre-1970 42 209 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1030863amppartId=1ampmuseumno=C339amppage=1
143 EXH141 CM Piece of Eight silver coin 1995020539 British Museum1598-1621
ADSilver Potosi Bolivia Unknown
Acquired through HM Treasury (Treasure
Trove)1995 42 269 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3466647amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1995020539amppage =1
144 EXH142 CM Piece of Eight silver coin 1995020540 British Museum1598-1621
ADSilver Mexico Unknown
Acquired through HM Treasury (Treasure
Trove)1995 41 27 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3466649amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1995020540amppage =1
145 EXH143 CM Piece of Eight silver coin 1995020541 British Museum1598-1621
ADSilver Mexico Unknown
Acquired through HM Treasury (Treasure
Trove)1995 40 239 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3466648amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1995020541amppage=1
146 EXH144 ASIA Kakiemon porcelain elephant 198003251 British Museummid-late 17th
C ADPorcelain
Arita Saga
Prefecture JapanPurchased from Lady Garner 1980 350 435 140 2 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=766883amppartId=1ampsearchText=kakiemon+elephantsamppage=1
147 EXH145 BEP Carved figure of Christ 195710081 British Museum1600-1700
ADIvory wood Goa India Purchased from Messers Delahar 1957 264 120 90 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=78233amppartId=1ampmuseumno=195710081amppage=1
148 EXH146 ME Shia religious parade standard
Arabic Transliteration
Jaha Allah Muhammad
Ali Fatima al-Hasan al-
Husain Ali Muhammad
Jafar Musa Ali
Muhammad Ali al-Hasan
Ali Allah
Translation God is great
(followed by thirteen of the
fourteen Immaculate ones
listed in order The 12th
imam is not mentioned and
the last roundel contains the
names of Ali and Allah)
1888090116 British Museum 1650-1700 Gilded brass IranDonated by Sir Augustus Wollaston
Franks1888 1280 270 50 2 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=218072amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1888090116amppage=1
149 EXH147 ME Mughal miniature painting of Prince visiting holy
man with attendants1920091704 British Museum c 1610 Paper India Stowe House Transferred from British Library 1920
254
(sheet)
219
(image)
142
(sheet)
104
(image)
1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=232044amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1920091704amppage=1
200 EXH148 PD
Anonymous woodcut print Goumlttlicher
Schrifftmessiger woldenckwuumlrdiger Traum a
broadside on the centenary of the German
Reformation
Signed with S S S 18800710299 British Museum 1617 AD Paper Leipzig Germany Unknown 1880 284 347 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1434936amppartId=1ampmuseumno=18800710299amppage=1
201 EXH149 BEPCameo showing Omphale with diamonds and
rubies189907182 British Museum c 16th C AD Onyx gold diamond ruby Italy
Formerly in the Piccolomini Cabinet
in Rome given by Charles V HRE
to Clemenet VII who presented to
the Piccolomini family Subsequently
in the Medina and Bessborough
collections
Purchased from Rollin amp Feuardent 1899 60 45 10 523 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=38848amppartId=1ampmuseumno=189907182amppage=1
202 EXH150 AOA Benin plaque depicting The Oba with Europeans Af1898011523 British Museum c 16th C AD Brass Benin City Nigeria
Following the British occupation of
Benin City (Edo) in 1897 objects
made of brass ivory and wood were
seized by the British force from the
royal quarters and various
storerooms Over 300 brass
plaques were sent to the UK by the
Consul-General [Sir] Ralph Moor and
placed at the Foreign Office
1897Donated by the Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs1898 435 410 107 15 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610486amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af1898011523amppage=1
203 EXH151 AOA Benin plaque depicting a European Af1898011510 British Museum c 16th C AD Brass Benin City Nigeria
Following the British occupation of
Benin City (Edo) in 1897 objects
made of brass ivory and wood were
seized by the British force from the
royal quarters and various
storerooms Over 300 brass
plaques were sent to the UK by the
Consul-General [Sir] Ralph Moor and
placed at the Foreign Office
1897Donated by the Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs1898 464 312 52 8 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610494amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af1898011510amppage=1
204 EXH152 AOA Benin plaque depicting a European with matchlock Af1898011512 British Museum c 16th C AD Brass Benin City Nigeria
Following the British occupation of
Benin City (Edo) in 1897 objects
made of brass ivory and wood were
seized by the British force from the
royal quarters and various
storerooms Over 300 brass
plaques were sent to the UK by the
Consul-General [Sir] Ralph Moor and
placed at the Foreign Office
1897Donated by the Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs1898 470 310 90 85 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610492amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af1898011512amppage=1
150 EXH153 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1896-758 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Rev Dr William Sparrow Simpson
Donated by Sir Augustus Wollaston
Franks1896 16 62 58 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=621949amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af1896-758amppage=1
151 EXH154 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1905041331 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria
Donated by the Colonial Government of
South Nigeria1905 20 68 63 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=621480amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af1905041331amppage=1
152 EXH155 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1905041334 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria
Donated by the Colonial Government of
South Nigeria1905 20 63 58 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3100648amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af1905041334amppage=1
153 EXH156 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1905041336 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria
Donated by the Colonial Government of
South Nigeria1905 17 63 62 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3100700amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af1905041336amppage=1
154 EXH157 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1905041339 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria
Donated by the Colonial Government of
South Nigeria1905 16 59 59 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3100696amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af1905041339amppage=1
155 EXH158 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af190905111 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria
Donated by the Crown Agents for the
Colonies1909 15 58 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=621244amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af190905111amppage=1
156 EXH159 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af190905112 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria
Donated by the Crown Agents for the
Colonies1909 17 59 58 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609169amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af190905112amppage=1
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RefImage Dept Description
Inscriptions (if
applicable)Reg number Lender Date Material Technique
place of
creationdiscover
y
Collected byPrevious owner Date of Collection DonorVendor Provenance comments
Date
acquired
by BM
Height Width Depth DiameterWeight
(some
estimated)
Web links to provenancedetailed object information
157 EXH160 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af190905113 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria
Donated by the Crown Agents for the
Colonies1909 17 58 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609168amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af190905113amppage=1
158 EXH161 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af190905114 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria
Donated by the Crown Agents for the
Colonies1909 15 58 59 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609167amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af190905114amppage=1
159 EXH162 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af190905115 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria
Donated by the Crown Agents for the
Colonies1909 16 52 55 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609166amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af190905115amppage=1
160 EXH163 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1920110113 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Donald A MacAlister 1920 TBC 65 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=620492amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af1920110113amppage=1
161 EXH164 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453a British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 15 60 55 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=616669amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453aamppage=1
162 EXH165 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453b British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 20 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609156amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453bamppage=1
163 EXH166 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453d British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 20 55 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609154amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453damppage=1
164 EXH167 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453f British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 20 55 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609152amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453famppage=1
165 EXH168 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453g British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 15 55 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609151amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453gamppage=1
166 EXH169 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453h British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 20 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609150amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453hamppage=1
167 EXH170 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453i British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 15 55 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609149amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453iamppage=1
168 EXH171 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453j British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 15 55 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609148amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453jamppage=1
169 EXH172 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453k British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 20 55 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609147amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453kamppage=1
170 EXH173 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453l British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 15 55 55 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609146amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453lamppage=1
171 EXH174 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19560720 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Charles Partridge Donated by Charles Partridge 1956 15 58 59 50 g
172 EXH175 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19712353b British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Rev J H Slater Donated by J S Slater 1971 TBC 62 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=612410amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af19712353bamppage=1
173 EXH176 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19712353c British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Rev J H Slater Donated by J S Slater 1971 TBC 62 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=612410amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af19712353bamppage=1
174 EXH177 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19712353d British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Rev J H Slater Donated by J S Slater 1971 TBC 62 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=612410amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af19712353bamppage=1
175 EXH178 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19712353e British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Rev J H Slater Donated by J S Slater 1971 TBC 62 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=612410amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af19712353bamppage=1
176 EXH179 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19712353f British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Rev J H Slater Donated by J S Slater 1971 TBC 62 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=612410amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af19712353bamppage=1
177 EXH180 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1979011178 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria unknown pre-1979 17 57 59 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=611267amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
178 EXH181 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1979011179 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria unknown pre-1979 17 57 58 50 g
179 EXH182 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1979011180 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria unknown pre-1979 21 63 56 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=611265amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
180 EXH183 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1979011181 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria unknown pre-1979 18 60 56 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=611264amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
181 EXH184 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1979011242 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria unknown pre-1979 19 60 59 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=611208amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678ampmaterial=19077amppage=1
182 EXH185 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1979011243 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria unknown pre-1979 17 61 59 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=611207amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
183 EXH186 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841953 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 64 56 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610176amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
184 EXH187 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841954 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 63 65 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610175amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
185 EXH188 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841955 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 64 62 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610174amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
186 EXH189 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841956 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 61 59 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610173amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
187 EXH190 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841957 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 63 59 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610172amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
188 EXH191 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841958 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 68 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610171amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
189 EXH192 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841959 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 65 62 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610170amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
190 EXH193 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841960 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610169amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
191 EXH194 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841961 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 64 57 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610168amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
192 EXH195 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841962 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 62 61 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610167amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
193 EXH196 AOA Brass Manilla currency piece Af+7a British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Dr James M Foster 1872 TBC 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=622643amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
194 EXH197 AOA Brass Manilla currency piece Af+7b British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Dr James M Foster 1872 TBC 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=622643amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
EXH
RefImage Dept Description
Inscriptions (if
applicable)Reg number Lender Date Material Technique
place of
creationdiscover
y
Collected byPrevious owner Date of Collection DonorVendor Provenance comments
Date
acquired
by BM
Height Width Depth DiameterWeight
(some
estimated)
Web links to provenancedetailed object information
195 EXH198 AOA Brass Manilla currency piece Af+7c British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Dr James M Foster 1872 TBC 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=622643amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
196 EXH199 AOA Brass Manilla currency piece Af+7d British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Dr James M Foster 1872 TBC 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=622643amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
197 EXH200 AOA Brass Manilla currency piece Af+7e British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Dr James M Foster 1872 TBC 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=622643amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
198 EXH201 AOA Brass Manilla currency piece Af+7f British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Dr James M Foster 1872 TBC 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=622643amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
199 EXH202 AOA Brass Manilla currency piece Af+7g British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Dr James M Foster 1872 TBC 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=622643amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
205 EXH203 ASIA Shadow puppet (LEAD - Bima) Content Aria Bima 18591228675 British Museum c1800 AD Painted leather horn Java Indonesia Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles 1811-1816Donated by Rev William Charles Raffles
Flint1859 750 380 361 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=545604amppartId=1ampsearchText=shadow+puppet+aria+bimaamppage=1
206 EXH204 ASIA Shadow puppet (Gunungun) 19390451 British Museum c1800 AD Painted leather horn Java Indonesia Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles 1811-1816 Donated by Mrs JH Drake 1939 935 383 323 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=544233amppartId=1ampmuseumno=As19390451amppage=1
207 EXH205 ASIA Shadow puppet (Hanuman) Content Moryet Anila 18591228542 British Museum c1800 AD Painted leather horn Java Indonesia Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles 1811-1816Donated by Rev William Charles Raffles
Flint1859 712 230 216 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=574739amppartId=1ampmuseumno=As18591228542amppage=1
208 EXH206 ASIA Shadow puppet (Hero)Content Yoyo Langkara of
Bali18591228691 British Museum c1800 AD Painted leather horn Java Indonesia Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles 1811-1816
Donated by Rev William Charles Raffles
Flint1859 600 175 101 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=545469amppartId=1ampmuseumno=As18591228691amppage=1
209 EXH207 ASIA Shadow puppet (woman) 18591228687 British Museum c1800 AD Painted leather horn Java Indonesia Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles 1811-1816Donated by Rev William Charles Raffles
Flint1859 527 145 71 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=545456amppartId=1ampmuseumno=As18591228687+amppage=1
210 EXH208 AOA Sowei mask Af188611261a-b British Museum 1880-1886 Wood raffia fringeSherbro District
Sierra Leone
Collected by Thomas Joshua
Alldridge for display in the Colonial
and Indian Exhibition 1886
1886 Purchased from Thomas Joshua Alldridge 1886
1500
(Mask
430)
540 540 8 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=634670amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af188611261aamppage=1
211 EXH209 AOABrass cast of Maori mere club engraved with Sir
Joseph Banks coat of arms
Content Jos Banks Esq
above and 1772 below
inscribed coat of arms
(shield divided by a cross
with a fleur-de-lis in each
corner)
Oc193602061 British Museum 1772 AD BrassMade in London
EnglandComissioned by Sir Joseph Banks 1772 Donated by Harry Geoffrey Beasley 1936 365 100 38 4 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=497632amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Oc193602061amppage=1
212 EXH210 AOA Hawaiian basket helmet Oc1980Q992 British Museum 18th C AD Olona fibre Hawaii USAPossibly acquired from George Goodman
Hewett1980 300 155 265 500 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=489833amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Oc1980Q992amppage=1
213 EXH211 AOA Metis frock coat Am195405965 British Museumc 1800-
1900 AD
Mooseskin (Alces alces) claw
(Odocoileus virinianus)
horsehair otter hair porcupine
quill (Erethizon dorsatum) paint
Canada
Purchased at auction (1925)
possibly from Sophia Lade Lampson
(unconfirmed)
Brought into Wellcome Collection
(1933)
Donated by the Wellcome Institute for the
History of Medicine1954 1300 1500 300 12 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=526467amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Am195405965amppage=1
214 EXH212 ASIAJade bi ancient collared disc with later (1790)
Chinese engraving by the Qianlong Emperor
Full details and prose-
format paraphrase by
Stephen D Allee (2010)
included on BMorg
catalogue Chinese poem
inscribed by the Qianlong
Emperor
19370416140 British Museum
c1200 BC
(1790 AD
inscription)
Jade China Imperial Qianlong Collection 1790 Purchased from George Eumorfopoulos 1937 10 155 300 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=258946amppartId=1ampmuseumno=19370416140amppage=1
Section 9 The World of Our Making (AD 1800 - Today)
215 EXH213 BEP Ships chronometer from HMS Beagle
Content LONDON
No2853
Thos Earnshaw
INVT ET FECIT
No509
ONE DAY
195810061957 British Museumc1795-1805
ADBrass steel mahogany London England UK Courtenay Adrian Ilbert Donated by Gilbert Edgar
Purchased from the beneficiaries of the
Ilbert Estate via generous donation of
funds from Gilbert Edgar CBE public
donations and government funds
1958 176 208 208 3 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=55372amppartId=1ampmuseumno=195810061957amppage=1
216 EXH214 CM Colonial Bank note from Mauritius 19840605629 British Museum AD 1839 PaperIssued in Mauritius
printed in LondonPurchased from William LS Barrett 1984 126 195 20 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1108595amppartId=1ampmuseumno=19840605629amppage=1
217 EXH215 BEPEarly Victorian tea set (teapot sugar bowl milk
jug)
gtBase of Milk Jug
Content WEDGWOOD
gtMounts of Teapot and Jug
Content hallmark for 1839-
1840 and makers mark IF
(probably for John Figg)
gtMount of Sugar Bowl
Content hallmark for 1843
makers mark WC (possibly
for William Cooper)
gtSugar Bowl
Content WEDGWOOD
ETRURIA
19091201108 British Museumc 1840-
1845 ADUnglazed stoneware silver
Stoke-on-Trent
Staffordshire
England UK
Reputedly owned by Adelaide of
Saxe-Coburg Meiningen (Queen of
William IV)
Donated by Isaac Falcke and Mrs Mary
Anne Falcke1909
145
84
120
174
138
107
85
110
80
400 g
234 g
202 g
httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=81729amppartId=1ampmuseumno=19091201108amppage=1
218 EXH216 ASIAKatsushika Hokusai Illustrated manga (14 book
set)1979030504281-14 British Museum
c 1814-
1878 ADPaper Japan Jack Hillier Purchased from Jack Hillier 1979 2 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3358009amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1979030504281amppage=1
219 EXH217 CMUS Election badge Seymour Blair campaign
badge
H SEYMOUR FOR
PRESIDENT 1868
reverse F P BLAIR FOR
VICE-PRESIDENT 1868
190611033761 British Museum 1868 AD Iron USA Donated by Dr Frederick Parkes Weber 1906 28 44 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1216615amppartId=1ampmuseumno=190611033761amppage=1
220 EXH218 CMEisenhower hologram (US Election badge group
display of 8 badges)I LIKE IKE 1964111714 British Museum 1952 - 6 Plastic metal USA Donated by WW Woodside 1964 63 5 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3528179amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1964111714amppage=1
221 EXH219 CMNixon Lodge (US Election badge group display of 8
badges)
IM FOR NIXON and
LODGE1964111716 British Museum 1960 Plastic metal USA Donated by WW Woodside 1964 23 5 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3528382amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1964111716amppage=1
222 EXH220 CMJimmy Carter for President (US Election badge
group display of 8 badges)
JIMMY CARTER FOR
PRESIDENT198711357 British Museum 1976 Plastic metal USA
Donated by the British-American Arts
Asscoaition Ltd1987 31 5 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3528319amppartId=1ampmuseumno=198711357amppage=1
223 EXH221 CMReagan with stars (US Election badge group
display of 8 badges)REAGAN 80 1987113517 British Museum 1980 Plastic metal USA
Donated by the British-American Arts
Asscoaition Ltd1987 56 5 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3528287amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1987113517amppage=1
224 EXH222 CMKeep America Strong (US Election badge group
display of 8 badges)
REAGAN KEEP AMERICA
STRONG19871135117 British Museum 1984 Plastic metal USA
Donated by the British-American Arts
Asscoaition Ltd1987 88 5 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3528248amppartId=1ampmuseumno=19871135117amppage=1
225 EXH223 CMDump Reagan in rsquo84 (US Election badge group
display of 8 badges)DUMP REAGAN in 84 19871135167 British Museum 1984 Plastic metal USA
Donated by the British-American Arts
Asscoaition Ltd1987 57 5 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3528493amppartId=1ampmuseumno=19871135167amppage=1
226 EXH224 CMShit Happened (US Election badge group display of
8 badges)SHIT HAPPENED 199406097 British Museum c 1993 Plastic metal USA Anonymous donation 1994 44 5 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3607482amppartId=1ampmuseumno=199406097amppage=1
227 EXH225 BEPRussian revolutionary Victory of the Workers
plate
Russian Obverse Content
The victory of the workers
October 1917
Reverse Content 1920
198112082 British Museum AD 1919 Ceramic
State Porcelain
Factory St
Petersburg Russia
Purchased from Dan Klein Ltd 1981 40 235 750 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=4140amppartId=1ampmuseumno=198112082amppage=1
228 EXH226 PD Hockneyrsquos In the Dull Village 1981121288 British Museum 1966 AD Paper England Purchased from Sam Fogg 1981 35 225 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=4502amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1981121288amppage=1
229 EXH227 MEWoven Afghan war rug with Russian soldiers
depicted as white Divs2010601312 British Museum 1980 - 1989 Wool woven Afghanistan Donated by Graham Gower
Part of a collection donated on 4 April 2010
when they were placed on deposit (Deposit
no 789)
2010 1580 1010 5 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3316855amppartId=1ampmuseumno=201060131225u00a025u00a025u00a0+amppage=1
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applicable)Reg number Lender Date Material Technique
place of
creationdiscover
y
Collected byPrevious owner Date of Collection DonorVendor Provenance comments
Date
acquired
by BM
Height Width Depth DiameterWeight
(some
estimated)
Web links to provenancedetailed object information
230 EXH228 AOAWahgi shield from Papua New Guinea South
Pacific Export LagerOc1990094 British Museum
c 1990-
2000 AD
Painted wood metal rubber
fibre
Wahgi Valley Papua
New GuineaDr Michael David Peter OHanlon
Purchased by Dr Michael David Peter
OHanlon for the British Museum
Purchased with contribution from British
Museum society (later Friends)1990 1525 610 120 55 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=485183amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Oc1990094amppage=1
231 EXH229 AOA Wahgi shield from Papua New Guinea SIX 2 SIX Oc19900919 British Museumc 1990-
2000 AD
Painted wood plastic metal
textile fibre
Wahgi Valley Papua
New GuineaDr Michael David Peter OHanlon
Purchased by Dr Michael David Peter
OHanlon for the British Museum
Purchased with contribution from British
Museum society (later Friends)1990 1520 500 130 8 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=485168amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Oc19900919amppage=1
232 EXH230 AOAWahgi shield from Papua New Guinea coloured
triangle motifsOc1990098 British Museum
c 1990-
2000 ADPaimted wood metal fibre
Wahgi Valley Papua
New GuineaDr Michael David Peter OHanlon
Purchased by Dr Michael David Peter
OHanlon for the British Museum
Purchased with contribution from British
Museum society (later Friends)1990 1525 610 80 55 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=485179amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Oc1990098amppage=1
233 EXH231 AOAFiel dos Santos Mother sculpture made of
decommissioned firearms201120261 British Museum 2011 AD Metal plastic bone wood Maputo Mozambique Fiel dos Santos 2011 Purchased from Fiel dos Santos 2011 1020 300 290 520 3 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3373333amppartId=1ampmuseumno=201120261amppage=1
234 EXH232 CM Plastic VISA Credit card 200941282 British Museum 2009 AD Plastic Dubai UAEDonated by Hong Kong amp Shanghai
Banking Corporation2009 45 85 20 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3230700amppartId=1ampmuseumno=200941282amppage=1
235 EXH233 AOA Counterfeit Football shirt - DrogbaContent DROGBA 11
SAMSUNG201020485 British Museum 2010 AD Synthetic fibres
Made in Indonesia
Purchased in Peru
Purchased for the British Museum through
JD Hill2010 800 700 50 500 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3579006amppartId=1ampmuseumno=201020485amppage=1
236 EXH234 ASIAGreen plastic solar-powered lamp with solar panel
and charger201020481 British Museum 2010 AD Plastic China Ashden Donated by Neil MacGregor 2010
Lamp
148
Panel
160
Lamp 127
Panel 180
Lamp 140
Panel 451 kg
httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3595888amppartId=1ampmuseumno=201020481amppage=1
httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3595888amppartId=1ampmuseumno=201020481amppage=1
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Inscriptions (if
applicable)Reg number Lender Date Material Technique
place of
creationdiscover
y
Collected byPrevious owner Date of Collection DonorVendor Provenance comments
Date
acquired
by BM
Height Width Depth DiameterWeight
(some
estimated)
Web links to provenancedetailed object information
34 EXH032 CM Silver coin of Croesus 18480803200 British Museum 595-546 BC Silver Lydia Turkey Purchased from Claude Scott Steuart 1848 15 19 94 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1253964amppartId=1ampmuseumno=18480803200amppage=1
35 EXH033 CM Silver coin of Croesus 1850032675 British Museum c 550 BC Silver Lydia Turkey Frederick Robert Paul Boumloumlcke
Purchased at the sale of Boumloumlckes
collection of Greek and Roman coins at
Sothebys March 1850 (lot B83)
Purchased through Harry Osborn Cureton 1850 13 15 53 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1253951amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1850032675amppage=1
36 EXH034 CM Silver coin of Croesus 19470406427 British Museum c 550 BC Silver Lydia Turkey Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman
In 1947 the British Museum purchased Sir
Charles Omans scholarly collection of
Greek coins in conjunction with the
Ashmolean Museum from his heirs
1947 11 13 35 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1253942amppartId=1ampmuseumno=19470406427amppage=1
37 EXH035 CM Silver coin of Croesus 19870649439 British Museum c 550 BC Silver Lydia Turkey R B Lewis Bequeathed by Mrs G E M Lewis (in 1986)Bequeathed through the National Art
Collections Fund (later The Art Fund)1987 7 11 17 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1267185amppartId=1ampmuseumno=19870649439amppage=1
38 EXH036 CM Silver coin of Croesus BNKG949 British Museum c 550 BC Silver Lydia Turkey Donated by the Bank of England 1877 7 08 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1253940amppartId=1ampmuseumno=BNKG949amppage=1
39 EXH037 ME Assyrian relief showing two soldiers 185609099 British Museum 700-695 BC GypsumKouyunjik (Nineveh)
Iraq
Excavated by John George Taylor
Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson
Hormuzd Rassam William Kennett
Loftus
Acquired through British Museum funded
excavation c 1856 1600 1110 90 820 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=369048amppartId=1ampmuseumno=185609099amppage=1
40 EXH038 AES Shabti of Taharqo 1922051375 British Museum c 644 BC Granite Nuri Sudan Excavated by George A Reisner Donated by the Government of Sudan 1922 460 142 130 21 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=116227amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1922051375amppage=1
41 EXH039 ME Gold statuette of a bearded man 189712312 British Museum 500-400 BC GoldTakht-I Kuwad
TajikistanMaj-Gen Sir Alexander Cunningham
Bequeathed by Sir Augustus Wollaston
Franks1897 56 14 10 38 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=282399amppartId=1ampmuseumno=189712312amppage=1
42 EXH040 ME Gold statuette of a bearded man 189712312a British Museum 500-400 BC GoldTakht-I Kuwad
TajikistanMaj-Gen Sir Alexander Cunningham
Bequeathed by Sir Augustus Wollaston
Franks1897 53 13 10 33 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=282399amppartId=1ampmuseumno=189712312amppage=1
43 EXH041 CM Silver coin with the head of Alexander 1841B506 British Museum 305-281 BC SilverLampsacus Lapseki
Mysia TurkeyPurchased from Thomas Burgon 1841 31 171 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1264142amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1841B506amppage=1
44 EXH042 CM Silver coin with the head of Alexander RPKp86B12Lys British Museum 305-281 BC SilverLampsacus Lapseki
Mysia TurkeyBequeathed by Richard Payne Knight 1824 30 171 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1264145amppartId=1ampmuseumno=RPKp86B12Lysamppage=1
45 EXH043 AES Funerary stela of Didymos
Content in hieroglyphics
may he live for all time
the names of Isis Osiris
and Anubis incised next to
their images and in Greek
D[id]ymos (son) of
Hierakon twenty-seven
years (old) before his
time
1857081113 British Museum100 BC-100
ADLimestone Egypt
Purchased from the executors of Giovanni
Anastasi1857 550 325 85 20 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=123161amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1857081113amppage=1
46 EXH044 GR Bronze head of Augustus from Meroeuml 191109011 British Museum 27 - 25 BC Bronze Meroeuml Sudan AfricaExcavated by Professor John
Garstang
Donated by the Sudan Excavation
Committee
Purchased with contribition from The
National Collections Fund (later The Art
Fund)
1911 462 265 294 20 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=466397amppartId=1ampmuseumno=191109011amppage=1
47 EXH045 ASIA Carving from the Great Stupa of Amaravati 1880070981 British Museum1st-2nd C
BCLimestone
Amaravati Andhra
Pradesh IndiaExcavated by Sir Walter Elliot
Transferred from India Museum (London)
when it closed in 1879
Acquired as the result of the abolition in
1879 of the India Museum (Exhibition
Road London) and the partition of its
contents between the Britisin Museum and
the South Kensington Museum (later the
Victoria and Albert Museum)
1880 1160 910 180 c 280 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=179463amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1880070981amppage=1
48 EXH046 ASIA Chinese bronze bell 1973072623 British Museumc 600-400
BCBronze China Bequeathed by Brenda Zara Seligman 1973 150 105 80 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=255038amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1973072623amppage=1
49 EXH047 GR Marble bust of Sophocles 1805070387 British Museum 220-160 BC MarbleVilla of Terentius Varro
Murena Lazio ItalyCharles Townley
Purchased from Peregrine Edward
Towneley1905 495 319 297 c 80 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=460091amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1805070387amppage=1
50 EXH048 AOA Columbian gold helmet Am+343 British Museum500 BC-700
ADGold
Early Quimbaya
ColombiaPurchased from Percy Brandon 1877 85 175 190 300 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=664842amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Am+343amppage=1
Section 5 Ritual and Belief (AD 1 - 800)
51
EXH049ASIA Liu Bo players ceramic figurine 193311141a-c British Museum
c 1st-2nd C
ADCeramic China
Donated by the Friends of the British
Museum1933
Fig1 190
Fig2 190
Board 68
Fig1 155
Fig2 155
Board 290
Fig1 110
Fig2 80
Board 225
2 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=227768amppartId=1ampsearchText=liu+boamppage=1
52
EXH050AOA Otter shaped tobacco pipe AmS266 British Museum
200 BC-AD
400Stone
Mound City
Chilicothe Ohio USA
Ephraim George Squier Edwin
Hamilton Davis1847-1848
Purchased from Salisbury amp South
Wiltshire Museum1931 51 33 100 500 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=529362amppartId=1ampmuseumno=AmS266amppage=1
53 EXH051 AOA Bird shaped tobacco pipe AmS241 British Museum200 BC-AD
400Stone
Mound City
Chilicothe Ohio USA
Ephraim George Squier Edwin
Hamilton Davis1847-1848
Purchased from Salisbury amp South
Wiltshire Museum1931 50 39 97 500 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=529387amppartId=1ampmuseumno=AmS241amppage=1
54
EXH052AOA Feline shaped tobacco pipe AmS276 British Museum
200 BC-AD
400Stone
Mound City
Chilicothe Ohio USA
Ephraim George Squier Edwin
Hamilton Davis1847-1848
Purchased from Salisbury amp South
Wiltshire Museum1931 45 25 100 500 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=529350amppartId=1ampmuseumno=AmS276amppage=1
55
EXH053AOA Heron with fish tobacco pipe AmS234 British Museum
200 BC-AD
400Stone
Mound City
Chilicothe Ohio USA
Ephraim George Squier Edwin
Hamilton Davis1847-1848
Purchased from Salisbury amp South
Wiltshire Museum1931 51 38 93 500 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=529394amppartId=1ampmuseumno=AmS234amppage=1
56
EXH054AOA Rodent shaped tobacco pipe AmS259 British Museum
200 BC-AD
400Stone
Mound City
Chilicothe Ohio USA
Ephraim George Squier Edwin
Hamilton Davis1847-1848
Purchased from Salisbury amp South
Wiltshire Museum1931 32 31 70 500 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=529369amppartId=1ampmuseumno=AmS259amppage=1
57
EXH055AOA Greenstone ceremonial ball game belt AmSt398 British Museum 100-500 AD Greenstone Veracruz Mexico Percy William Doyle Henry Christy 1860-1869 120 410 530 33 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=667487amppartId=1ampmuseumno=AmSt398amppage=1
58
EXH056GR Marble statue of Mithras slaying the bull 182506131 British Museum
Roman 2nd
C ADMarble Rome Italy Purchased from Charles Standish 1825 1370 1495 450 250 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=463619amppartId=1ampmuseumno=182506131amppage=1
59
EXH057ME Arabian inscribed votive bronze hand
6 line dedication to the
god Talab198306262 British Museum
2nd-3rd C
ADBronze Yemen Purchased from Spink amp Son Ltd 1983 185 110 40 979 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=365982amppartId=1ampmuseumno=198306262amppage=1
60
EXH058ME Silver plate showing a Sasanian king hunting 190811181 British Museum 4th C AD Silver
Turkey probably
made in IranPurchased from Durlacher Bros 1908 45 180 394 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=282431amppartId=1ampmuseumno=190811181amppage=1
61
EXH059CM Gold coin of Kumaragupta 18940506963 British Museum
c 415 - 450
ADGold India Maj-Gen Sir Alexander Cunningham
Purchased from Maj-Gen Sir Alexander
Cunningham1894 19 83 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3459772amppartId=1ampmuseumno=18940506963amppage=1
62
EXH060ASIA Buddha statue from Gandhara 188071 British Museum
2nd-3rd C
ADSchist Pakistan
Transferred from India Museum (London)
when it closed in 1879
Acquired as the result of the abolition in
1879 of the India Museum (Exhibition
Road London) and the partition of its
contents between the Britisin Museum and
the South Kensington Museum (later the
Victoria and Albert Museum)
1880 915 545 190 110 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=182303amppartId=1ampmuseumno=188071amppage=1
63
EXH061ASIA Statue of the Goddess Tara 18980702142 British Museum
7th-8th C
ADBronze gold Sri Lanka Hugh Nevill 1898 150 83 85 750 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=249860amppartId=1ampmuseumno=18980702142amppage=1
64
EXH062BEP Sarcophagus depicting Jonah 195710111 British Museum AD 260-300 Marble
Ilminster Somerset
United KingdomPurchased from K J Hewett Ltd
Purchased with contribution from The
National Art Collections Fund (later The Art
Fund)
1957 600 1920 770 c 750 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=61226amppartId=1ampmuseumno=195710111amppage=1
65
EXH063X CM Gold coin of Abd al-Malik 187407063 British Museum AD 701 Gold Possibly Syria Unknown 1874 20 43 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=902943amppartId=1ampmuseumno=187407063amppage=1
66 EXH064 CM Gold coin of Abd al-Malik 193606051 British Museum AD 701 Gold Possibly Syria Donated by Prof Ernst Herzfeld 1936 20 43 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=902930amppartId=1ampmuseumno=193606051amppage=1
Section 6 Trading and Invading (AD 300 - 1100)
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place of
creationdiscover
y
Collected byPrevious owner Date of Collection DonorVendor Provenance comments
Date
acquired
by BM
Height Width Depth DiameterWeight
(some
estimated)
Web links to provenancedetailed object information
67 EXH065 ASIA Tang tomb figure of a civil official 19361012221 British Museum c 728 AD Glazed earthenwareLuoyang Henan
ChinaPurchased from George Eumorfopoulos 1936 1070 290 300 10 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=259388amppartId=1ampmuseumno=19361012221amppage=1
68 EXH066 ASIAFragment of a silk banner found at Dunhuang
showing Oriental deer MAS874a British Museum
AD 800 -
900Silk
Dunhuang Qian Fo
Dong Gansu
Province China
Sir Marc Aurel Stein 1906-1908Acquired from Steins Second Central
Asian Expedition 1906-08
The expedition was financed 35 by the
Government of India and 25 by the British
Museum and it was agreed that the finds
from the expedition should be allocated in
these proportions The distribution of the
finds between London and India was
determined by specialists appointed by the
Government of India (through the India
Office London) and the British Museum
who drew up lists of the objects for
approval by both sides The lists were
drawn up and approved in 1915
1917 302 165 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1342060amppartId=1ampmuseumno=MAS874aamppage=1
69 EXH067 ASIAFragment of a silk banner found at Dunhuang
showing Oriental deer MAS874b British Museum
AD 800 -
900Silk
Dunhuang Qian Fo
Dong Gansu
Province China
Sir Marc Aurel Stein 1906-1908Acquired from Steins Second Central
Asian Expedition 1906-08
The expedition was financed 35 by the
Government of India and 25 by the British
Museum and it was agreed that the finds
from the expedition should be allocated in
these proportions The distribution of the
finds between London and India was
determined by specialists appointed by the
Government of India (through the India
Office London) and the British Museum
who drew up lists of the objects for
approval by both sides The lists were
drawn up and approved in 1915
1917 287 109 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1342060amppartId=1ampmuseumno=MAS874bamppage=1
70 EXH068 ME Wall fragment depicting a human face OA+10622 British Museum 9th C AD Painted plaster Samarra Iraq Excavated by Prof Ernst Herzfeld 1911-1913
Discovered during the German excavations
in Samarra between 1911-13 and fell into
British hands when the Mesopotamian
Expeditionary Force took Samarra in April
1917
1921 120 115 30 750 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=241633amppartId=1ampmuseumno=OA+10622amppage=1
71 EXH069 ME Wall fragment depicting a camels head OA+11131 British Museum 9th C AD Painted plaster Samarra Iraq Excavated by Prof Ernst Herzfeld 1911-1913
Discovered during the German excavations
in Samarra between 1911-13 and fell into
British hands when the Mesopotamian
Expeditionary Force took Samarra in April
1917
1921 110 80 30 750 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=241258amppartId=1ampmuseumno=OA+11131amppage=1
72 EXH070 ME Wall fragment - Stucco design OA+10977 British Museum 9th C AD Painted plaster Samarra Iraq Excavated by Prof Ernst Herzfeld 1911-1913
Discovered during the German excavations
in Samarra between 1911-13 and fell into
British hands when the Mesopotamian
Expeditionary Force took Samarra in April
1917
1921 190 210 70 750 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=241389amppartId=1ampmuseumno=OA+10977amppage=1
73 EXH071 ME Wall fragment - Floral stucco design OA+10934 British Museum 9th C AD Painted plaster Samarra Iraq Excavated by Prof Ernst Herzfeld 1911-1913
Discovered during the German excavations
in Samarra between 1911-13 and fell into
British hands when the Mesopotamian
Expeditionary Force took Samarra in April
1917
1921 160 140 50 500 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=241428amppartId=1ampmuseumno=OA+10934amppage=1
74 EXH072 ME Wall fragment depicting a human face OA+11075 British Museum 9th C AD Painted plaster Samarra Iraq Excavated by Prof Ernst Herzfeld 1911-1913
Discovered during the German excavations
in Samarra between 1911-13 and fell into
British hands when the Mesopotamian
Expeditionary Force took Samarra in April
1917
1921 230 140 50 500 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=241300amppartId=1ampmuseumno=OA+11075amppage=1
75 EXH073 ME Wall fragment depicting a Peacocks tail OA+10947 British Museum 9th C AD Painted plaster Samarra Iraq Excavated by Prof Ernst Herzfeld 1911-1913
Discovered during the German excavations
in Samarra between 1911-13 and fell into
British hands when the Mesopotamian
Expeditionary Force took Samarra in April
1917
1921 230 180 40 500 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=241415amppartId=1ampmuseumno=OA+10947amppage=1
76 EXH074 ASIA Chinese pot sherds from Kilwa Africa (x13) OA+916 British Museumc 10th-14th
C ADCeramic
Kilwa Kisiwani Lindi
TanzaniaR Tanner 1948 Donated by R Tanner 1974 3 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=230067amppartId=1ampmuseumno=OA+916amppage=1
77 EXH075 ASIA Stone Buddha head from Borobudur 18591228176 British Museum 780-840 AD Volcanic stoneBorobudur Java
IndonesiaSir Thomas Stamford Raffles
Donated by Rev William Charles Raffles
Flint1859 330 240 270 30 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=251486amppartId=1ampmuseumno=18591228176amppage=1
78 EXH076 BEP Roman silver pepper pot from Hoxne 1994040833 British Museum AD 350-400 Silver gildingHoxne Suffolk
EnglandEric Lawes 1992
Acquired through HM Treasury (Treasure
Trove)
Acquired with contributions from The
National Art Collections Fund (later The Art
Fund) British Museum Friends and the
National Heritage Memorial Fund
1994 103 579 43 108 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1362638amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1994040833amppage=1
79 EXH077 BEP Ivory panel showing the adoration of the Magi 1856062317 British Museum c 800 AD Ivory Aachen Germany Purchased from William Maskell 1856 168 65 6 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=60018amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1856062317amppage=1
80 EXH078 BEP Goldsborough (Viking) Hoard - silver thistle brooch 185905111 British Museum c 10th C AD SilverGoldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 196 694 155 1155 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=63937amppartId=1ampmuseumno=185905111amppage=1
81 EXH079 BEPGoldsborough (Viking) Hoard - silver penannular
brooch185905112 British Museum 9-10th C AD Silver
Goldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 768 871 9 71 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=63932amppartId=1ampmuseumno=185905112amppage=1
82 EXH080 BEPGoldsborough (Viking) Hoard - silver thistle brooch
hacksilver185905113 British Museum 9-10th C AD Silver
Goldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 163 134 109 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=63935amppartId=1ampmuseumno=185905113amppage=1
83 EXH081 BEPGoldsborough (Viking) Hoard - silver pseudo-
penannular brooch hacksilver185905114 British Museum 9-10th C AD Silver
Goldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 25 204 58 127 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=86457amppartId=1ampmuseumno=185905114amppage=1
84 EXH082 BEPGoldsborough (Viking) Hoard - silver bossed
penannular brooch fragment185905115 British Museum 9-10th C AD Silver
Goldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 406 211 29 825 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=63938amppartId=1ampmuseumno=185905115amppage=1
85 EXH083 BEPGoldsborough (Viking) Hoard - silver ingot
hacksilver185905116 British Museum 9-10th C AD Silver
Goldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 607 197 8 346 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=63930amppartId=1ampmuseumno=185905116amppage=1
86 EXH084 BEPGoldsborough (Viking) Hoard - silver armlet
hacksilver185905117 British Museum 9-10th C AD Silver
Goldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 333 69 112 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=63888amppartId=1ampmuseumno=185905117amppage=1
87 EXH085 BEPGoldsborough (Viking) Hoard - silver armlet
hacksilver185905118 British Museum 9-10th C AD Silver
Goldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 414 83 222 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=63893amppartId=1ampmuseumno=185905118amppage=1
88 EXH086 BEPGoldsborough (Viking) Hoard - silver bracelet
hacksilver185905119 British Museum 9-10th C AD Silver
Goldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 305 133 4 152 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=63890amppartId=1ampmuseumno=185905119amppage=1
89 EXH087 BEPGoldsborough (Viking) Hoard - silver armlet
hacksilver1859051110 British Museum 9-10th C AD Silver
Goldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 124 145 31 49 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=63892amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1859051110amppage=1
90 EXH088 BEPGoldsborough (Viking) Hoard - silver armlet
hacksilver1859051111 British Museum 9-10th C AD Silver
Goldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 228 308 254 128 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=63887amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1859051111amppage=1
91 EXH089 CM Goldsborough (Viking) Hoard - Anglo-Saxon coin 1859051112 British Museum c 924 AD SilverGoldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 16 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3531577amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1859051112amppage=1
92 EXH090 CM Goldsborough (Viking) Hoard - Samanid silver coin 1859051116 British Museum 892-907 AD SilverGoldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 26 29 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3362532amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1859051116amppage=1
93 EXH091 CM Goldsborough (Viking) Hoard - Samanid silver coin 1859051121 British Museum 903 AD SilverGoldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 25 13 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=899659amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1859051121amppage=1
94 EXH092 CM Goldsborough (Viking) Hoard - Samanid silver coin 1859051121b British Museum 903 AD SilverGoldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 26 14 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3362518amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1859051121bamppage=1
95 EXH093 CM Goldsborough (Viking) Hoard - Samanid silver coin 1859051122 British Museum 892-907 AD SilverGoldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 27 28 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3362538amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1859051122amppage=1
96 EXH094 CM Goldsborough (Viking) Hoard - Samanid silver coin 1859051124 British Museum 906 AD SilverGoldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 28 35 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3362514amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1859051124amppage=1
97 EXH095 CM Goldsborough (Viking) Hoard - Samanid silver coin 1859051128 British Museum 819-999 AD SilverGoldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 28 29 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=896307amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1859051128amppage=1
EXH
RefImage Dept Description
Inscriptions (if
applicable)Reg number Lender Date Material Technique
place of
creationdiscover
y
Collected byPrevious owner Date of Collection DonorVendor Provenance comments
Date
acquired
by BM
Height Width Depth DiameterWeight
(some
estimated)
Web links to provenancedetailed object information
98 EXH096 CM Goldsborough (Viking) Hoard - Abbasid silver coin 1859051131 British Museum 893 AD SilverGoldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 25 2 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3309490amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1859051131amppage=1
99 EXH097 CM Goldsborough (Viking) Hoard - Banijurid silver coin 1859051135 British Museum 874-899 AD SilverGoldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 26 4 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3367070amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1859051135amppage=1
100 EXH098 CM Goldsborough (Viking) Hoard - Samanid silver coin 1859051141 British Museum 819-999 AD SilverGoldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 20 19 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3361658amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1859051141amppage=1
101 EXH099 CM Goldsborough (Viking) Hoard - Samanid silver coin 1859051142 British Museum 819-999 AD SilverGoldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 25 32 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3361655amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1859051142amppage=1
102 EXH100 CM Goldsborough (Viking) Hoard - Tahirid silver coin 1859051143 British Museum 816 AD Silver alloyGoldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 25 28 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3360283amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1859051143amppage=1
103 EXH101 CM Goldsborough (Viking) Hoard - Anglo-Saxon coin 185907261 British Museumc 871-899
ADSilver
Goldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 28 34 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1092114amppartId=1ampmuseumno=185907261amppage=1
104 EXH102 CM Goldsborough (Viking) Hoard - Anglo-Saxon coin 185907262 British Museum c 924 AD SilverGoldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 23 16 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1068682amppartId=1ampmuseumno=185907262amppage=1
105 EXH103 ASIA Japanese bronze mirror with cranes and pines 192710142 British Museum 12th C AD Bronze Japan Donated by H Yamakawa 1927 8 112 117 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=770300amppartId=1ampmuseumno=192710142amppage=1
106 EXH104 AOA Moche pot in the shape of a warrior AmP1 British Museum 100-700 AD Ceramic Peru LiverpoolDonated by Sir Augustus Wollaston
Franks1873 225 180 170 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=480501amppartId=1ampmuseumno=AmP1amppage=1
107 EXH105 AOA Moche pot in the shape of a seated figure Am1947105 British Museum 100-700 AD Ceramic Peru Donated by Mrs EHS Spottiswoode 1947 210 170 180 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=478210amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Am1947105amppage=1
108 EXH106 AOA Moche pot in the shape of a seated figure Am1947102 British Museum 100-700 AD Ceramic Peru Donated by Mrs EHS Spottiswoode 1947 175 160 185 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=478213amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Am1947102amppage=1
109 EXH107 AOA Moche pot in the shape of a seated warrior Am190912187 British Museum 100-700 AD CeramicTrujillo La Libertad
PeruThomas Hewitt Myring Donated by Henry Van den Bergh
Donated through the National Art
Collections Fund (later The Art Fund)1909 260 140 200 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=480108amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Am190912187amppage=1
110 EXH108 AOA Moche pot in the shape of a sleeping man Am1909121815 British Museum 100-700 AD CeramicTrujillo La Libertad
PeruThomas Hewitt Myring Donated by Henry Van den Bergh
Donated through the National Art
Collections Fund (later The Art Fund)1909 230 120 200 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=480101amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Am1909121815amppage=1
111 EXH109 AOA Mayan stone altar Am1923Maud16 British Museumc763-822
ADLimestone Copan Honduras Dr Alfred Percival Maudslay probably c1886
Donated to VampA Museum in 1886
Collection transferred to BM in 19231923 380 1030 800 256 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3428766amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Am1923Maud16amppage=1
Section 7 Innovation and Adaptation (AD 900 - 1550)
112 EXH110 BEP Icon of St Jerome
Content IRAM VINCE
PATIE CIAAM SIECIAZ
SCRIPT RARVM CARNIS
VINSIA NO AMAE
Transliteration Iram vince
patientia Ama scientia
Scripturarum et carnis vitia
non amabis
Translation Overcome
wrath by patience love the
knowledge of the Scriptures
and you will not love the sin
of the flesh
199405011 British Museum1400-1450
ADWood gesso gold Crete Greece
Once in the possession of John
Ruskin the panel was given by its
owner to the painter William Ward
(1829-1908) Alfred A de Pass
(according to the label on the back)
purchased it from Ward before 1905
when it was exhibited at the
Burlington Fine Arts Club (no 8) It
was presented to the National
Gallery in 1920 (no 3543) and
transferred to the British Museum in
1994
Donated by The National Gallery 1994 352 283 40 15 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=58756amppartId=1ampmuseumno=199405011amppage=1
113 EXH111 ASIA Shiva and Parvati sculpture 195010186 British Museum 10th C AD BasaltGaya District Bihar
IndiaC E Buckland CIE
Donated by Sir Phillip Buckland (son of CE
Buckland)1950 406 250 130 18 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=247656amppartId=1ampmuseumno=195010186amppage=1
114 EXH112 AOA Huastec sculpture Am184206115 British Museum900-1521
ADSandstone Paacutenuco River Mexico Donated by Capt James Vetch 1842 875 360 183 89 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=669495amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Am184206115amppage=1
115 EXH113 AOA Sculpture of Aztec spirit (Chuateteo) Am1990101 British Museumc1400-1521
ADAndesite Mexico
found in Scottish country house
Possibly from the collection of
William Bullock
Purchased from Michael Graham Stewart 1990 740 450 420 182 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=469879amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Am1990101amppage=1
116 EXH114 AOA Inca gold llama statuette Am192107211 British Museum1400-1550
ADGold Peru Purchased from NL Davidson 1921 55 25 65 250 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=479664amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Am192107211amppage=1
138 EXH115 AOA Double-headed boundary marker Oc192005062 British Museum AD 1600-1800Stone Easter Island Katherine Maria Routledge 1913-1915 Donated by W Scoresby Routledge 1920 48 27 27 40 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=500971amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Oc192005062amppage=1
117 EXH116 BEP Saint Connal Bell Shrine 1889090223 British Museumc 1400-
1500 ADBronze silver rock crystal gold
Inishkeel Donegal
Ireland
Donated by Sir Augustus Wollaston
Franks1889 228 166 125 212 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=8801amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1889090223amppage=1
118 EXH117 AOA Taino ritual wooden seat Am194922118 British MuseumAD 1292-
1399Wood gold
Santo Domingo
Dominican RepublicWilliam Ockelford Oldman Purchased from Mrs D K Oldman
Purchased with contribution from The
National Art Collections Fund (later The Art
Fund)
1949 220 140 440 2 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=651811amppartId=1ampsearchText=taino+ritual+wooden+seatamppage=1
119 EXH118 ASIA Japanese sword blade - tachiYoshikane - signature of
smith in Japanese199205231 British Museum
1200-1250
ADSteel Japan Dr Walter A Compton Purchased at Christies
Purchased through Eskanazi Ltd at BMs
request1992 50 970 10 15 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=765587amppartId=1ampmuseumno=199205231amppage=1
120 EXH119 BEP Lewis Chessman - King 1831110179 British Museumc1150-1175
ADIvory (walrus) Lewis Scotland UK pre-1831 Purchased from TA Forrest 1831 99 51 44 245 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=399amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1831110179amppage=1
121 EXH120 BEP Lewis Chessman - Queen 1831110184 British Museumc1150-1175
ADIvory (walrus) Lewis Scotland UK pre-1831 Purchased from TA Forrest 1831 96 50 34 156 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=404amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1831110184amppage=1
122 EXH121 BEP Lewis Chessman - Knight 18311101114 British Museumc1150-1175
ADIvory (walrus) Lewis Scotland UK pre-1831 Purchased from TA Forrest 1831 101 64 34 200 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=6207amppartId=1ampmuseumno=18311101114amppage=1
123 EXH122 BEP Lewis Chessman - Warder 18311101122 British Museumc1150-1175
ADIvory (walrus) Lewis Scotland UK pre-1831 Purchased from TA Forrest 1831 71 38 28 150 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=6215amppartId=1ampmuseumno=18311101122amppage=1
125 EXH124 BEP Lewis Chessman - Pawn 18311101127 British Museumc1150-1175
ADIvory (walrus) Lewis Scotland UK pre-1831 Purchased from TA Forrest 1831 50 28 22 150 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=6220amppartId=1ampmuseumno=18311101127amppage=1
126 EXH125 BEP Lewis Chessman - Pawn 18311101133 British Museumc1150-1175
ADIvory (walrus) Lewis Scotland UK pre-1831 Purchased from TA Forrest 1831 510 24 23 150 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=6226amppartId=1ampmuseumno=18311101133amppage=1
127 EXH126 ASIA Jade Dragon Cup
Ulugh Beg Kuragan in
Turkish Kuragan is a title
meaning royal son-in-law
195911201 British MuseumAD 1417-
1449Jade silver Central Asia
Purchased from Brooke Sewell Permanent
Fund1959 73 195 124 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=255413amppartId=1ampmuseumno=195911201amppage=1
128 EXH127 AOA Terracotta head from Ife Af193407161 British Museumc 1100-
1400 ADTerracotta
Iwinrin Grove Ife
NigeriaDonated by Harold George Ramshaw 1934 240 125 160 18kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=619063amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af193407161amppage=1
129 EXH128 ASIA Chinese (Yuan) blue-and-white serving dish Franks1670 British Museum1330-1350
ADGlazed porcelain
Jingdezhen Jiangxi
Province China
Donated by Sir Augustus Wollaston
Franks1876 76 458 2 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=264386amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Franks1670amppage=1
130 EXH129 ASIAKorean (Punchong) ware dish with Japanese
repairs1947121717 British Museum c 15th C AD Ceramic gold laquer Korea Donated by Henry Bergen 1947 75 178 750 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=769413amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1947121717amppage=1
131 EXH130 ASIA Punchong ware bottle with fish 200011301 British Museum c 1500 Glazed stoneware KoreaPurchased at Christies New York (19th
Sept lot 370)
Purchase funded by Hahn Kwang-Ho
Purchase Fund2000 287 170 750 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxmuseumno=200011301ampILINK|34484|assetId=21476001ampobjectI d=178952amppartId=1
132 EXH131 ASIAJapanese Teabowl inspired by Korean Buncheong
stonewareFranks1982 British Museum
c AD 1620-
1650Glazed stoneware Japan
Donated by Sir Augustus Wollaston
Franks1870s 85 137 750 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=774739amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Franks1982amppage=1
EXH
RefImage Dept Description
Inscriptions (if
applicable)Reg number Lender Date Material Technique
place of
creationdiscover
y
Collected byPrevious owner Date of Collection DonorVendor Provenance comments
Date
acquired
by BM
Height Width Depth DiameterWeight
(some
estimated)
Web links to provenancedetailed object information
133 EXH132 ASIAJapanese lotus stoneware dish inspired by Korean
Buncheong stonewareFranks1945 British Museum
c AD 1670-
1750 Glazed stoneware Japan
Donated by Sir Augustus Wollaston
Franks1870s 83 235 218 750 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=774771amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Franks1945amppage=1
134 EXH133 ME Iznik polychrome dish with floral designs G142 British Museumc 1570-
1580 ADGlazed ceramic Iznik Turkey Frederick Du Cane Goodman Bequeathed by Miss Edith Goodman 1983 70 350 15 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=215441amppartId=1ampmuseumno=G142amppage=1
135 EXH134 ME Iznik Golden Horn blue and white dish 188706179 British Museumc 1530-
1540 ADCeramic Iznik Turkey Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks 1887 60 331 15 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=239015amppartId=1ampmuseumno=188706179amppage=1
136 EXH135 ME Iznik Damascus style jar 18781230513 British Museumc 1540-
1560 ADCeramic Iznik Turkey John Henderson Bequeathed by John Henderson 1878 330 285 15 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=239219amppartId=1ampmuseumno=18781230513amppage =1
137 EXH136 BEP Hebrew astrolabe 189306163 British Museum1345-1355
ADBrass Spain Freacutedeacuteric Spitzer
Purchased through Rollin amp Feuardent
probably at the Chevallier amp Mannheim
Auction Paris
1893 111 914 156 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=54859amppartId=1ampmuseumno=189306163amppage=1
139 EXH137 PD Albrecht Durer Rhinoceros woodcut printSigned dated titled on
block by artist18950122715 British Museum 1515 AD Paper Nuremberg Germany Donated by William Mitchell 1895 241 301 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1342337amppartId=1ampmuseumno=18950122715amppag e=1
Section 8 Encounters and Connections (AD 1500 - 1800)
140 EXH138 BEP Circumnavigation medal - silver 1891090512 British Museum 1589 AD Silver England UK Donated by Sir Augustus Wollaston
Franks1891 1 68 20 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=51848amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1891090512amppage=1
141 EXH139 CM Circumnavigation medal - electrotype CME892 British Museum20th21st C
ADElectrotype UK Unknown Purchased through Christies 1967 1 66 194 g
142 EXH140 CM Piece of Eight silver coin C339 British Museum 1618 AD Silver Spain Unknown Unknown
probably acquired before the British
Museums current registration system was
created in the late 1830s
pre-1970 42 209 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1030863amppartId=1ampmuseumno=C339amppage=1
143 EXH141 CM Piece of Eight silver coin 1995020539 British Museum1598-1621
ADSilver Potosi Bolivia Unknown
Acquired through HM Treasury (Treasure
Trove)1995 42 269 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3466647amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1995020539amppage =1
144 EXH142 CM Piece of Eight silver coin 1995020540 British Museum1598-1621
ADSilver Mexico Unknown
Acquired through HM Treasury (Treasure
Trove)1995 41 27 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3466649amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1995020540amppage =1
145 EXH143 CM Piece of Eight silver coin 1995020541 British Museum1598-1621
ADSilver Mexico Unknown
Acquired through HM Treasury (Treasure
Trove)1995 40 239 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3466648amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1995020541amppage=1
146 EXH144 ASIA Kakiemon porcelain elephant 198003251 British Museummid-late 17th
C ADPorcelain
Arita Saga
Prefecture JapanPurchased from Lady Garner 1980 350 435 140 2 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=766883amppartId=1ampsearchText=kakiemon+elephantsamppage=1
147 EXH145 BEP Carved figure of Christ 195710081 British Museum1600-1700
ADIvory wood Goa India Purchased from Messers Delahar 1957 264 120 90 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=78233amppartId=1ampmuseumno=195710081amppage=1
148 EXH146 ME Shia religious parade standard
Arabic Transliteration
Jaha Allah Muhammad
Ali Fatima al-Hasan al-
Husain Ali Muhammad
Jafar Musa Ali
Muhammad Ali al-Hasan
Ali Allah
Translation God is great
(followed by thirteen of the
fourteen Immaculate ones
listed in order The 12th
imam is not mentioned and
the last roundel contains the
names of Ali and Allah)
1888090116 British Museum 1650-1700 Gilded brass IranDonated by Sir Augustus Wollaston
Franks1888 1280 270 50 2 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=218072amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1888090116amppage=1
149 EXH147 ME Mughal miniature painting of Prince visiting holy
man with attendants1920091704 British Museum c 1610 Paper India Stowe House Transferred from British Library 1920
254
(sheet)
219
(image)
142
(sheet)
104
(image)
1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=232044amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1920091704amppage=1
200 EXH148 PD
Anonymous woodcut print Goumlttlicher
Schrifftmessiger woldenckwuumlrdiger Traum a
broadside on the centenary of the German
Reformation
Signed with S S S 18800710299 British Museum 1617 AD Paper Leipzig Germany Unknown 1880 284 347 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1434936amppartId=1ampmuseumno=18800710299amppage=1
201 EXH149 BEPCameo showing Omphale with diamonds and
rubies189907182 British Museum c 16th C AD Onyx gold diamond ruby Italy
Formerly in the Piccolomini Cabinet
in Rome given by Charles V HRE
to Clemenet VII who presented to
the Piccolomini family Subsequently
in the Medina and Bessborough
collections
Purchased from Rollin amp Feuardent 1899 60 45 10 523 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=38848amppartId=1ampmuseumno=189907182amppage=1
202 EXH150 AOA Benin plaque depicting The Oba with Europeans Af1898011523 British Museum c 16th C AD Brass Benin City Nigeria
Following the British occupation of
Benin City (Edo) in 1897 objects
made of brass ivory and wood were
seized by the British force from the
royal quarters and various
storerooms Over 300 brass
plaques were sent to the UK by the
Consul-General [Sir] Ralph Moor and
placed at the Foreign Office
1897Donated by the Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs1898 435 410 107 15 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610486amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af1898011523amppage=1
203 EXH151 AOA Benin plaque depicting a European Af1898011510 British Museum c 16th C AD Brass Benin City Nigeria
Following the British occupation of
Benin City (Edo) in 1897 objects
made of brass ivory and wood were
seized by the British force from the
royal quarters and various
storerooms Over 300 brass
plaques were sent to the UK by the
Consul-General [Sir] Ralph Moor and
placed at the Foreign Office
1897Donated by the Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs1898 464 312 52 8 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610494amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af1898011510amppage=1
204 EXH152 AOA Benin plaque depicting a European with matchlock Af1898011512 British Museum c 16th C AD Brass Benin City Nigeria
Following the British occupation of
Benin City (Edo) in 1897 objects
made of brass ivory and wood were
seized by the British force from the
royal quarters and various
storerooms Over 300 brass
plaques were sent to the UK by the
Consul-General [Sir] Ralph Moor and
placed at the Foreign Office
1897Donated by the Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs1898 470 310 90 85 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610492amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af1898011512amppage=1
150 EXH153 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1896-758 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Rev Dr William Sparrow Simpson
Donated by Sir Augustus Wollaston
Franks1896 16 62 58 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=621949amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af1896-758amppage=1
151 EXH154 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1905041331 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria
Donated by the Colonial Government of
South Nigeria1905 20 68 63 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=621480amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af1905041331amppage=1
152 EXH155 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1905041334 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria
Donated by the Colonial Government of
South Nigeria1905 20 63 58 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3100648amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af1905041334amppage=1
153 EXH156 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1905041336 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria
Donated by the Colonial Government of
South Nigeria1905 17 63 62 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3100700amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af1905041336amppage=1
154 EXH157 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1905041339 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria
Donated by the Colonial Government of
South Nigeria1905 16 59 59 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3100696amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af1905041339amppage=1
155 EXH158 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af190905111 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria
Donated by the Crown Agents for the
Colonies1909 15 58 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=621244amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af190905111amppage=1
156 EXH159 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af190905112 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria
Donated by the Crown Agents for the
Colonies1909 17 59 58 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609169amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af190905112amppage=1
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RefImage Dept Description
Inscriptions (if
applicable)Reg number Lender Date Material Technique
place of
creationdiscover
y
Collected byPrevious owner Date of Collection DonorVendor Provenance comments
Date
acquired
by BM
Height Width Depth DiameterWeight
(some
estimated)
Web links to provenancedetailed object information
157 EXH160 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af190905113 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria
Donated by the Crown Agents for the
Colonies1909 17 58 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609168amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af190905113amppage=1
158 EXH161 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af190905114 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria
Donated by the Crown Agents for the
Colonies1909 15 58 59 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609167amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af190905114amppage=1
159 EXH162 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af190905115 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria
Donated by the Crown Agents for the
Colonies1909 16 52 55 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609166amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af190905115amppage=1
160 EXH163 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1920110113 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Donald A MacAlister 1920 TBC 65 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=620492amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af1920110113amppage=1
161 EXH164 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453a British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 15 60 55 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=616669amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453aamppage=1
162 EXH165 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453b British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 20 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609156amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453bamppage=1
163 EXH166 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453d British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 20 55 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609154amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453damppage=1
164 EXH167 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453f British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 20 55 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609152amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453famppage=1
165 EXH168 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453g British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 15 55 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609151amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453gamppage=1
166 EXH169 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453h British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 20 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609150amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453hamppage=1
167 EXH170 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453i British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 15 55 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609149amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453iamppage=1
168 EXH171 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453j British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 15 55 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609148amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453jamppage=1
169 EXH172 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453k British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 20 55 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609147amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453kamppage=1
170 EXH173 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453l British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 15 55 55 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609146amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453lamppage=1
171 EXH174 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19560720 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Charles Partridge Donated by Charles Partridge 1956 15 58 59 50 g
172 EXH175 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19712353b British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Rev J H Slater Donated by J S Slater 1971 TBC 62 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=612410amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af19712353bamppage=1
173 EXH176 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19712353c British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Rev J H Slater Donated by J S Slater 1971 TBC 62 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=612410amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af19712353bamppage=1
174 EXH177 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19712353d British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Rev J H Slater Donated by J S Slater 1971 TBC 62 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=612410amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af19712353bamppage=1
175 EXH178 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19712353e British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Rev J H Slater Donated by J S Slater 1971 TBC 62 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=612410amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af19712353bamppage=1
176 EXH179 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19712353f British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Rev J H Slater Donated by J S Slater 1971 TBC 62 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=612410amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af19712353bamppage=1
177 EXH180 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1979011178 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria unknown pre-1979 17 57 59 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=611267amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
178 EXH181 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1979011179 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria unknown pre-1979 17 57 58 50 g
179 EXH182 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1979011180 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria unknown pre-1979 21 63 56 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=611265amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
180 EXH183 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1979011181 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria unknown pre-1979 18 60 56 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=611264amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
181 EXH184 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1979011242 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria unknown pre-1979 19 60 59 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=611208amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678ampmaterial=19077amppage=1
182 EXH185 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1979011243 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria unknown pre-1979 17 61 59 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=611207amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
183 EXH186 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841953 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 64 56 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610176amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
184 EXH187 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841954 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 63 65 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610175amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
185 EXH188 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841955 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 64 62 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610174amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
186 EXH189 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841956 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 61 59 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610173amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
187 EXH190 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841957 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 63 59 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610172amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
188 EXH191 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841958 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 68 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610171amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
189 EXH192 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841959 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 65 62 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610170amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
190 EXH193 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841960 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610169amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
191 EXH194 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841961 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 64 57 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610168amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
192 EXH195 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841962 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 62 61 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610167amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
193 EXH196 AOA Brass Manilla currency piece Af+7a British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Dr James M Foster 1872 TBC 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=622643amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
194 EXH197 AOA Brass Manilla currency piece Af+7b British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Dr James M Foster 1872 TBC 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=622643amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
EXH
RefImage Dept Description
Inscriptions (if
applicable)Reg number Lender Date Material Technique
place of
creationdiscover
y
Collected byPrevious owner Date of Collection DonorVendor Provenance comments
Date
acquired
by BM
Height Width Depth DiameterWeight
(some
estimated)
Web links to provenancedetailed object information
195 EXH198 AOA Brass Manilla currency piece Af+7c British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Dr James M Foster 1872 TBC 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=622643amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
196 EXH199 AOA Brass Manilla currency piece Af+7d British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Dr James M Foster 1872 TBC 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=622643amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
197 EXH200 AOA Brass Manilla currency piece Af+7e British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Dr James M Foster 1872 TBC 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=622643amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
198 EXH201 AOA Brass Manilla currency piece Af+7f British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Dr James M Foster 1872 TBC 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=622643amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
199 EXH202 AOA Brass Manilla currency piece Af+7g British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Dr James M Foster 1872 TBC 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=622643amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
205 EXH203 ASIA Shadow puppet (LEAD - Bima) Content Aria Bima 18591228675 British Museum c1800 AD Painted leather horn Java Indonesia Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles 1811-1816Donated by Rev William Charles Raffles
Flint1859 750 380 361 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=545604amppartId=1ampsearchText=shadow+puppet+aria+bimaamppage=1
206 EXH204 ASIA Shadow puppet (Gunungun) 19390451 British Museum c1800 AD Painted leather horn Java Indonesia Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles 1811-1816 Donated by Mrs JH Drake 1939 935 383 323 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=544233amppartId=1ampmuseumno=As19390451amppage=1
207 EXH205 ASIA Shadow puppet (Hanuman) Content Moryet Anila 18591228542 British Museum c1800 AD Painted leather horn Java Indonesia Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles 1811-1816Donated by Rev William Charles Raffles
Flint1859 712 230 216 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=574739amppartId=1ampmuseumno=As18591228542amppage=1
208 EXH206 ASIA Shadow puppet (Hero)Content Yoyo Langkara of
Bali18591228691 British Museum c1800 AD Painted leather horn Java Indonesia Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles 1811-1816
Donated by Rev William Charles Raffles
Flint1859 600 175 101 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=545469amppartId=1ampmuseumno=As18591228691amppage=1
209 EXH207 ASIA Shadow puppet (woman) 18591228687 British Museum c1800 AD Painted leather horn Java Indonesia Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles 1811-1816Donated by Rev William Charles Raffles
Flint1859 527 145 71 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=545456amppartId=1ampmuseumno=As18591228687+amppage=1
210 EXH208 AOA Sowei mask Af188611261a-b British Museum 1880-1886 Wood raffia fringeSherbro District
Sierra Leone
Collected by Thomas Joshua
Alldridge for display in the Colonial
and Indian Exhibition 1886
1886 Purchased from Thomas Joshua Alldridge 1886
1500
(Mask
430)
540 540 8 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=634670amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af188611261aamppage=1
211 EXH209 AOABrass cast of Maori mere club engraved with Sir
Joseph Banks coat of arms
Content Jos Banks Esq
above and 1772 below
inscribed coat of arms
(shield divided by a cross
with a fleur-de-lis in each
corner)
Oc193602061 British Museum 1772 AD BrassMade in London
EnglandComissioned by Sir Joseph Banks 1772 Donated by Harry Geoffrey Beasley 1936 365 100 38 4 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=497632amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Oc193602061amppage=1
212 EXH210 AOA Hawaiian basket helmet Oc1980Q992 British Museum 18th C AD Olona fibre Hawaii USAPossibly acquired from George Goodman
Hewett1980 300 155 265 500 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=489833amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Oc1980Q992amppage=1
213 EXH211 AOA Metis frock coat Am195405965 British Museumc 1800-
1900 AD
Mooseskin (Alces alces) claw
(Odocoileus virinianus)
horsehair otter hair porcupine
quill (Erethizon dorsatum) paint
Canada
Purchased at auction (1925)
possibly from Sophia Lade Lampson
(unconfirmed)
Brought into Wellcome Collection
(1933)
Donated by the Wellcome Institute for the
History of Medicine1954 1300 1500 300 12 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=526467amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Am195405965amppage=1
214 EXH212 ASIAJade bi ancient collared disc with later (1790)
Chinese engraving by the Qianlong Emperor
Full details and prose-
format paraphrase by
Stephen D Allee (2010)
included on BMorg
catalogue Chinese poem
inscribed by the Qianlong
Emperor
19370416140 British Museum
c1200 BC
(1790 AD
inscription)
Jade China Imperial Qianlong Collection 1790 Purchased from George Eumorfopoulos 1937 10 155 300 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=258946amppartId=1ampmuseumno=19370416140amppage=1
Section 9 The World of Our Making (AD 1800 - Today)
215 EXH213 BEP Ships chronometer from HMS Beagle
Content LONDON
No2853
Thos Earnshaw
INVT ET FECIT
No509
ONE DAY
195810061957 British Museumc1795-1805
ADBrass steel mahogany London England UK Courtenay Adrian Ilbert Donated by Gilbert Edgar
Purchased from the beneficiaries of the
Ilbert Estate via generous donation of
funds from Gilbert Edgar CBE public
donations and government funds
1958 176 208 208 3 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=55372amppartId=1ampmuseumno=195810061957amppage=1
216 EXH214 CM Colonial Bank note from Mauritius 19840605629 British Museum AD 1839 PaperIssued in Mauritius
printed in LondonPurchased from William LS Barrett 1984 126 195 20 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1108595amppartId=1ampmuseumno=19840605629amppage=1
217 EXH215 BEPEarly Victorian tea set (teapot sugar bowl milk
jug)
gtBase of Milk Jug
Content WEDGWOOD
gtMounts of Teapot and Jug
Content hallmark for 1839-
1840 and makers mark IF
(probably for John Figg)
gtMount of Sugar Bowl
Content hallmark for 1843
makers mark WC (possibly
for William Cooper)
gtSugar Bowl
Content WEDGWOOD
ETRURIA
19091201108 British Museumc 1840-
1845 ADUnglazed stoneware silver
Stoke-on-Trent
Staffordshire
England UK
Reputedly owned by Adelaide of
Saxe-Coburg Meiningen (Queen of
William IV)
Donated by Isaac Falcke and Mrs Mary
Anne Falcke1909
145
84
120
174
138
107
85
110
80
400 g
234 g
202 g
httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=81729amppartId=1ampmuseumno=19091201108amppage=1
218 EXH216 ASIAKatsushika Hokusai Illustrated manga (14 book
set)1979030504281-14 British Museum
c 1814-
1878 ADPaper Japan Jack Hillier Purchased from Jack Hillier 1979 2 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3358009amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1979030504281amppage=1
219 EXH217 CMUS Election badge Seymour Blair campaign
badge
H SEYMOUR FOR
PRESIDENT 1868
reverse F P BLAIR FOR
VICE-PRESIDENT 1868
190611033761 British Museum 1868 AD Iron USA Donated by Dr Frederick Parkes Weber 1906 28 44 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1216615amppartId=1ampmuseumno=190611033761amppage=1
220 EXH218 CMEisenhower hologram (US Election badge group
display of 8 badges)I LIKE IKE 1964111714 British Museum 1952 - 6 Plastic metal USA Donated by WW Woodside 1964 63 5 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3528179amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1964111714amppage=1
221 EXH219 CMNixon Lodge (US Election badge group display of 8
badges)
IM FOR NIXON and
LODGE1964111716 British Museum 1960 Plastic metal USA Donated by WW Woodside 1964 23 5 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3528382amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1964111716amppage=1
222 EXH220 CMJimmy Carter for President (US Election badge
group display of 8 badges)
JIMMY CARTER FOR
PRESIDENT198711357 British Museum 1976 Plastic metal USA
Donated by the British-American Arts
Asscoaition Ltd1987 31 5 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3528319amppartId=1ampmuseumno=198711357amppage=1
223 EXH221 CMReagan with stars (US Election badge group
display of 8 badges)REAGAN 80 1987113517 British Museum 1980 Plastic metal USA
Donated by the British-American Arts
Asscoaition Ltd1987 56 5 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3528287amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1987113517amppage=1
224 EXH222 CMKeep America Strong (US Election badge group
display of 8 badges)
REAGAN KEEP AMERICA
STRONG19871135117 British Museum 1984 Plastic metal USA
Donated by the British-American Arts
Asscoaition Ltd1987 88 5 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3528248amppartId=1ampmuseumno=19871135117amppage=1
225 EXH223 CMDump Reagan in rsquo84 (US Election badge group
display of 8 badges)DUMP REAGAN in 84 19871135167 British Museum 1984 Plastic metal USA
Donated by the British-American Arts
Asscoaition Ltd1987 57 5 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3528493amppartId=1ampmuseumno=19871135167amppage=1
226 EXH224 CMShit Happened (US Election badge group display of
8 badges)SHIT HAPPENED 199406097 British Museum c 1993 Plastic metal USA Anonymous donation 1994 44 5 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3607482amppartId=1ampmuseumno=199406097amppage=1
227 EXH225 BEPRussian revolutionary Victory of the Workers
plate
Russian Obverse Content
The victory of the workers
October 1917
Reverse Content 1920
198112082 British Museum AD 1919 Ceramic
State Porcelain
Factory St
Petersburg Russia
Purchased from Dan Klein Ltd 1981 40 235 750 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=4140amppartId=1ampmuseumno=198112082amppage=1
228 EXH226 PD Hockneyrsquos In the Dull Village 1981121288 British Museum 1966 AD Paper England Purchased from Sam Fogg 1981 35 225 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=4502amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1981121288amppage=1
229 EXH227 MEWoven Afghan war rug with Russian soldiers
depicted as white Divs2010601312 British Museum 1980 - 1989 Wool woven Afghanistan Donated by Graham Gower
Part of a collection donated on 4 April 2010
when they were placed on deposit (Deposit
no 789)
2010 1580 1010 5 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3316855amppartId=1ampmuseumno=201060131225u00a025u00a025u00a0+amppage=1
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y
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acquired
by BM
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(some
estimated)
Web links to provenancedetailed object information
230 EXH228 AOAWahgi shield from Papua New Guinea South
Pacific Export LagerOc1990094 British Museum
c 1990-
2000 AD
Painted wood metal rubber
fibre
Wahgi Valley Papua
New GuineaDr Michael David Peter OHanlon
Purchased by Dr Michael David Peter
OHanlon for the British Museum
Purchased with contribution from British
Museum society (later Friends)1990 1525 610 120 55 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=485183amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Oc1990094amppage=1
231 EXH229 AOA Wahgi shield from Papua New Guinea SIX 2 SIX Oc19900919 British Museumc 1990-
2000 AD
Painted wood plastic metal
textile fibre
Wahgi Valley Papua
New GuineaDr Michael David Peter OHanlon
Purchased by Dr Michael David Peter
OHanlon for the British Museum
Purchased with contribution from British
Museum society (later Friends)1990 1520 500 130 8 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=485168amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Oc19900919amppage=1
232 EXH230 AOAWahgi shield from Papua New Guinea coloured
triangle motifsOc1990098 British Museum
c 1990-
2000 ADPaimted wood metal fibre
Wahgi Valley Papua
New GuineaDr Michael David Peter OHanlon
Purchased by Dr Michael David Peter
OHanlon for the British Museum
Purchased with contribution from British
Museum society (later Friends)1990 1525 610 80 55 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=485179amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Oc1990098amppage=1
233 EXH231 AOAFiel dos Santos Mother sculpture made of
decommissioned firearms201120261 British Museum 2011 AD Metal plastic bone wood Maputo Mozambique Fiel dos Santos 2011 Purchased from Fiel dos Santos 2011 1020 300 290 520 3 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3373333amppartId=1ampmuseumno=201120261amppage=1
234 EXH232 CM Plastic VISA Credit card 200941282 British Museum 2009 AD Plastic Dubai UAEDonated by Hong Kong amp Shanghai
Banking Corporation2009 45 85 20 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3230700amppartId=1ampmuseumno=200941282amppage=1
235 EXH233 AOA Counterfeit Football shirt - DrogbaContent DROGBA 11
SAMSUNG201020485 British Museum 2010 AD Synthetic fibres
Made in Indonesia
Purchased in Peru
Purchased for the British Museum through
JD Hill2010 800 700 50 500 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3579006amppartId=1ampmuseumno=201020485amppage=1
236 EXH234 ASIAGreen plastic solar-powered lamp with solar panel
and charger201020481 British Museum 2010 AD Plastic China Ashden Donated by Neil MacGregor 2010
Lamp
148
Panel
160
Lamp 127
Panel 180
Lamp 140
Panel 451 kg
httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3595888amppartId=1ampmuseumno=201020481amppage=1
httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3595888amppartId=1ampmuseumno=201020481amppage=1
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creationdiscover
y
Collected byPrevious owner Date of Collection DonorVendor Provenance comments
Date
acquired
by BM
Height Width Depth DiameterWeight
(some
estimated)
Web links to provenancedetailed object information
67 EXH065 ASIA Tang tomb figure of a civil official 19361012221 British Museum c 728 AD Glazed earthenwareLuoyang Henan
ChinaPurchased from George Eumorfopoulos 1936 1070 290 300 10 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=259388amppartId=1ampmuseumno=19361012221amppage=1
68 EXH066 ASIAFragment of a silk banner found at Dunhuang
showing Oriental deer MAS874a British Museum
AD 800 -
900Silk
Dunhuang Qian Fo
Dong Gansu
Province China
Sir Marc Aurel Stein 1906-1908Acquired from Steins Second Central
Asian Expedition 1906-08
The expedition was financed 35 by the
Government of India and 25 by the British
Museum and it was agreed that the finds
from the expedition should be allocated in
these proportions The distribution of the
finds between London and India was
determined by specialists appointed by the
Government of India (through the India
Office London) and the British Museum
who drew up lists of the objects for
approval by both sides The lists were
drawn up and approved in 1915
1917 302 165 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1342060amppartId=1ampmuseumno=MAS874aamppage=1
69 EXH067 ASIAFragment of a silk banner found at Dunhuang
showing Oriental deer MAS874b British Museum
AD 800 -
900Silk
Dunhuang Qian Fo
Dong Gansu
Province China
Sir Marc Aurel Stein 1906-1908Acquired from Steins Second Central
Asian Expedition 1906-08
The expedition was financed 35 by the
Government of India and 25 by the British
Museum and it was agreed that the finds
from the expedition should be allocated in
these proportions The distribution of the
finds between London and India was
determined by specialists appointed by the
Government of India (through the India
Office London) and the British Museum
who drew up lists of the objects for
approval by both sides The lists were
drawn up and approved in 1915
1917 287 109 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1342060amppartId=1ampmuseumno=MAS874bamppage=1
70 EXH068 ME Wall fragment depicting a human face OA+10622 British Museum 9th C AD Painted plaster Samarra Iraq Excavated by Prof Ernst Herzfeld 1911-1913
Discovered during the German excavations
in Samarra between 1911-13 and fell into
British hands when the Mesopotamian
Expeditionary Force took Samarra in April
1917
1921 120 115 30 750 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=241633amppartId=1ampmuseumno=OA+10622amppage=1
71 EXH069 ME Wall fragment depicting a camels head OA+11131 British Museum 9th C AD Painted plaster Samarra Iraq Excavated by Prof Ernst Herzfeld 1911-1913
Discovered during the German excavations
in Samarra between 1911-13 and fell into
British hands when the Mesopotamian
Expeditionary Force took Samarra in April
1917
1921 110 80 30 750 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=241258amppartId=1ampmuseumno=OA+11131amppage=1
72 EXH070 ME Wall fragment - Stucco design OA+10977 British Museum 9th C AD Painted plaster Samarra Iraq Excavated by Prof Ernst Herzfeld 1911-1913
Discovered during the German excavations
in Samarra between 1911-13 and fell into
British hands when the Mesopotamian
Expeditionary Force took Samarra in April
1917
1921 190 210 70 750 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=241389amppartId=1ampmuseumno=OA+10977amppage=1
73 EXH071 ME Wall fragment - Floral stucco design OA+10934 British Museum 9th C AD Painted plaster Samarra Iraq Excavated by Prof Ernst Herzfeld 1911-1913
Discovered during the German excavations
in Samarra between 1911-13 and fell into
British hands when the Mesopotamian
Expeditionary Force took Samarra in April
1917
1921 160 140 50 500 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=241428amppartId=1ampmuseumno=OA+10934amppage=1
74 EXH072 ME Wall fragment depicting a human face OA+11075 British Museum 9th C AD Painted plaster Samarra Iraq Excavated by Prof Ernst Herzfeld 1911-1913
Discovered during the German excavations
in Samarra between 1911-13 and fell into
British hands when the Mesopotamian
Expeditionary Force took Samarra in April
1917
1921 230 140 50 500 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=241300amppartId=1ampmuseumno=OA+11075amppage=1
75 EXH073 ME Wall fragment depicting a Peacocks tail OA+10947 British Museum 9th C AD Painted plaster Samarra Iraq Excavated by Prof Ernst Herzfeld 1911-1913
Discovered during the German excavations
in Samarra between 1911-13 and fell into
British hands when the Mesopotamian
Expeditionary Force took Samarra in April
1917
1921 230 180 40 500 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=241415amppartId=1ampmuseumno=OA+10947amppage=1
76 EXH074 ASIA Chinese pot sherds from Kilwa Africa (x13) OA+916 British Museumc 10th-14th
C ADCeramic
Kilwa Kisiwani Lindi
TanzaniaR Tanner 1948 Donated by R Tanner 1974 3 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=230067amppartId=1ampmuseumno=OA+916amppage=1
77 EXH075 ASIA Stone Buddha head from Borobudur 18591228176 British Museum 780-840 AD Volcanic stoneBorobudur Java
IndonesiaSir Thomas Stamford Raffles
Donated by Rev William Charles Raffles
Flint1859 330 240 270 30 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=251486amppartId=1ampmuseumno=18591228176amppage=1
78 EXH076 BEP Roman silver pepper pot from Hoxne 1994040833 British Museum AD 350-400 Silver gildingHoxne Suffolk
EnglandEric Lawes 1992
Acquired through HM Treasury (Treasure
Trove)
Acquired with contributions from The
National Art Collections Fund (later The Art
Fund) British Museum Friends and the
National Heritage Memorial Fund
1994 103 579 43 108 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1362638amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1994040833amppage=1
79 EXH077 BEP Ivory panel showing the adoration of the Magi 1856062317 British Museum c 800 AD Ivory Aachen Germany Purchased from William Maskell 1856 168 65 6 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=60018amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1856062317amppage=1
80 EXH078 BEP Goldsborough (Viking) Hoard - silver thistle brooch 185905111 British Museum c 10th C AD SilverGoldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 196 694 155 1155 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=63937amppartId=1ampmuseumno=185905111amppage=1
81 EXH079 BEPGoldsborough (Viking) Hoard - silver penannular
brooch185905112 British Museum 9-10th C AD Silver
Goldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 768 871 9 71 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=63932amppartId=1ampmuseumno=185905112amppage=1
82 EXH080 BEPGoldsborough (Viking) Hoard - silver thistle brooch
hacksilver185905113 British Museum 9-10th C AD Silver
Goldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 163 134 109 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=63935amppartId=1ampmuseumno=185905113amppage=1
83 EXH081 BEPGoldsborough (Viking) Hoard - silver pseudo-
penannular brooch hacksilver185905114 British Museum 9-10th C AD Silver
Goldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 25 204 58 127 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=86457amppartId=1ampmuseumno=185905114amppage=1
84 EXH082 BEPGoldsborough (Viking) Hoard - silver bossed
penannular brooch fragment185905115 British Museum 9-10th C AD Silver
Goldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 406 211 29 825 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=63938amppartId=1ampmuseumno=185905115amppage=1
85 EXH083 BEPGoldsborough (Viking) Hoard - silver ingot
hacksilver185905116 British Museum 9-10th C AD Silver
Goldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 607 197 8 346 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=63930amppartId=1ampmuseumno=185905116amppage=1
86 EXH084 BEPGoldsborough (Viking) Hoard - silver armlet
hacksilver185905117 British Museum 9-10th C AD Silver
Goldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 333 69 112 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=63888amppartId=1ampmuseumno=185905117amppage=1
87 EXH085 BEPGoldsborough (Viking) Hoard - silver armlet
hacksilver185905118 British Museum 9-10th C AD Silver
Goldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 414 83 222 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=63893amppartId=1ampmuseumno=185905118amppage=1
88 EXH086 BEPGoldsborough (Viking) Hoard - silver bracelet
hacksilver185905119 British Museum 9-10th C AD Silver
Goldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 305 133 4 152 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=63890amppartId=1ampmuseumno=185905119amppage=1
89 EXH087 BEPGoldsborough (Viking) Hoard - silver armlet
hacksilver1859051110 British Museum 9-10th C AD Silver
Goldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 124 145 31 49 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=63892amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1859051110amppage=1
90 EXH088 BEPGoldsborough (Viking) Hoard - silver armlet
hacksilver1859051111 British Museum 9-10th C AD Silver
Goldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 228 308 254 128 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=63887amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1859051111amppage=1
91 EXH089 CM Goldsborough (Viking) Hoard - Anglo-Saxon coin 1859051112 British Museum c 924 AD SilverGoldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 16 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3531577amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1859051112amppage=1
92 EXH090 CM Goldsborough (Viking) Hoard - Samanid silver coin 1859051116 British Museum 892-907 AD SilverGoldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 26 29 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3362532amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1859051116amppage=1
93 EXH091 CM Goldsborough (Viking) Hoard - Samanid silver coin 1859051121 British Museum 903 AD SilverGoldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 25 13 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=899659amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1859051121amppage=1
94 EXH092 CM Goldsborough (Viking) Hoard - Samanid silver coin 1859051121b British Museum 903 AD SilverGoldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 26 14 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3362518amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1859051121bamppage=1
95 EXH093 CM Goldsborough (Viking) Hoard - Samanid silver coin 1859051122 British Museum 892-907 AD SilverGoldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 27 28 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3362538amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1859051122amppage=1
96 EXH094 CM Goldsborough (Viking) Hoard - Samanid silver coin 1859051124 British Museum 906 AD SilverGoldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 28 35 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3362514amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1859051124amppage=1
97 EXH095 CM Goldsborough (Viking) Hoard - Samanid silver coin 1859051128 British Museum 819-999 AD SilverGoldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 28 29 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=896307amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1859051128amppage=1
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y
Collected byPrevious owner Date of Collection DonorVendor Provenance comments
Date
acquired
by BM
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(some
estimated)
Web links to provenancedetailed object information
98 EXH096 CM Goldsborough (Viking) Hoard - Abbasid silver coin 1859051131 British Museum 893 AD SilverGoldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 25 2 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3309490amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1859051131amppage=1
99 EXH097 CM Goldsborough (Viking) Hoard - Banijurid silver coin 1859051135 British Museum 874-899 AD SilverGoldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 26 4 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3367070amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1859051135amppage=1
100 EXH098 CM Goldsborough (Viking) Hoard - Samanid silver coin 1859051141 British Museum 819-999 AD SilverGoldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 20 19 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3361658amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1859051141amppage=1
101 EXH099 CM Goldsborough (Viking) Hoard - Samanid silver coin 1859051142 British Museum 819-999 AD SilverGoldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 25 32 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3361655amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1859051142amppage=1
102 EXH100 CM Goldsborough (Viking) Hoard - Tahirid silver coin 1859051143 British Museum 816 AD Silver alloyGoldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 25 28 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3360283amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1859051143amppage=1
103 EXH101 CM Goldsborough (Viking) Hoard - Anglo-Saxon coin 185907261 British Museumc 871-899
ADSilver
Goldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 28 34 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1092114amppartId=1ampmuseumno=185907261amppage=1
104 EXH102 CM Goldsborough (Viking) Hoard - Anglo-Saxon coin 185907262 British Museum c 924 AD SilverGoldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 23 16 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1068682amppartId=1ampmuseumno=185907262amppage=1
105 EXH103 ASIA Japanese bronze mirror with cranes and pines 192710142 British Museum 12th C AD Bronze Japan Donated by H Yamakawa 1927 8 112 117 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=770300amppartId=1ampmuseumno=192710142amppage=1
106 EXH104 AOA Moche pot in the shape of a warrior AmP1 British Museum 100-700 AD Ceramic Peru LiverpoolDonated by Sir Augustus Wollaston
Franks1873 225 180 170 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=480501amppartId=1ampmuseumno=AmP1amppage=1
107 EXH105 AOA Moche pot in the shape of a seated figure Am1947105 British Museum 100-700 AD Ceramic Peru Donated by Mrs EHS Spottiswoode 1947 210 170 180 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=478210amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Am1947105amppage=1
108 EXH106 AOA Moche pot in the shape of a seated figure Am1947102 British Museum 100-700 AD Ceramic Peru Donated by Mrs EHS Spottiswoode 1947 175 160 185 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=478213amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Am1947102amppage=1
109 EXH107 AOA Moche pot in the shape of a seated warrior Am190912187 British Museum 100-700 AD CeramicTrujillo La Libertad
PeruThomas Hewitt Myring Donated by Henry Van den Bergh
Donated through the National Art
Collections Fund (later The Art Fund)1909 260 140 200 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=480108amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Am190912187amppage=1
110 EXH108 AOA Moche pot in the shape of a sleeping man Am1909121815 British Museum 100-700 AD CeramicTrujillo La Libertad
PeruThomas Hewitt Myring Donated by Henry Van den Bergh
Donated through the National Art
Collections Fund (later The Art Fund)1909 230 120 200 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=480101amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Am1909121815amppage=1
111 EXH109 AOA Mayan stone altar Am1923Maud16 British Museumc763-822
ADLimestone Copan Honduras Dr Alfred Percival Maudslay probably c1886
Donated to VampA Museum in 1886
Collection transferred to BM in 19231923 380 1030 800 256 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3428766amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Am1923Maud16amppage=1
Section 7 Innovation and Adaptation (AD 900 - 1550)
112 EXH110 BEP Icon of St Jerome
Content IRAM VINCE
PATIE CIAAM SIECIAZ
SCRIPT RARVM CARNIS
VINSIA NO AMAE
Transliteration Iram vince
patientia Ama scientia
Scripturarum et carnis vitia
non amabis
Translation Overcome
wrath by patience love the
knowledge of the Scriptures
and you will not love the sin
of the flesh
199405011 British Museum1400-1450
ADWood gesso gold Crete Greece
Once in the possession of John
Ruskin the panel was given by its
owner to the painter William Ward
(1829-1908) Alfred A de Pass
(according to the label on the back)
purchased it from Ward before 1905
when it was exhibited at the
Burlington Fine Arts Club (no 8) It
was presented to the National
Gallery in 1920 (no 3543) and
transferred to the British Museum in
1994
Donated by The National Gallery 1994 352 283 40 15 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=58756amppartId=1ampmuseumno=199405011amppage=1
113 EXH111 ASIA Shiva and Parvati sculpture 195010186 British Museum 10th C AD BasaltGaya District Bihar
IndiaC E Buckland CIE
Donated by Sir Phillip Buckland (son of CE
Buckland)1950 406 250 130 18 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=247656amppartId=1ampmuseumno=195010186amppage=1
114 EXH112 AOA Huastec sculpture Am184206115 British Museum900-1521
ADSandstone Paacutenuco River Mexico Donated by Capt James Vetch 1842 875 360 183 89 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=669495amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Am184206115amppage=1
115 EXH113 AOA Sculpture of Aztec spirit (Chuateteo) Am1990101 British Museumc1400-1521
ADAndesite Mexico
found in Scottish country house
Possibly from the collection of
William Bullock
Purchased from Michael Graham Stewart 1990 740 450 420 182 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=469879amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Am1990101amppage=1
116 EXH114 AOA Inca gold llama statuette Am192107211 British Museum1400-1550
ADGold Peru Purchased from NL Davidson 1921 55 25 65 250 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=479664amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Am192107211amppage=1
138 EXH115 AOA Double-headed boundary marker Oc192005062 British Museum AD 1600-1800Stone Easter Island Katherine Maria Routledge 1913-1915 Donated by W Scoresby Routledge 1920 48 27 27 40 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=500971amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Oc192005062amppage=1
117 EXH116 BEP Saint Connal Bell Shrine 1889090223 British Museumc 1400-
1500 ADBronze silver rock crystal gold
Inishkeel Donegal
Ireland
Donated by Sir Augustus Wollaston
Franks1889 228 166 125 212 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=8801amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1889090223amppage=1
118 EXH117 AOA Taino ritual wooden seat Am194922118 British MuseumAD 1292-
1399Wood gold
Santo Domingo
Dominican RepublicWilliam Ockelford Oldman Purchased from Mrs D K Oldman
Purchased with contribution from The
National Art Collections Fund (later The Art
Fund)
1949 220 140 440 2 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=651811amppartId=1ampsearchText=taino+ritual+wooden+seatamppage=1
119 EXH118 ASIA Japanese sword blade - tachiYoshikane - signature of
smith in Japanese199205231 British Museum
1200-1250
ADSteel Japan Dr Walter A Compton Purchased at Christies
Purchased through Eskanazi Ltd at BMs
request1992 50 970 10 15 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=765587amppartId=1ampmuseumno=199205231amppage=1
120 EXH119 BEP Lewis Chessman - King 1831110179 British Museumc1150-1175
ADIvory (walrus) Lewis Scotland UK pre-1831 Purchased from TA Forrest 1831 99 51 44 245 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=399amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1831110179amppage=1
121 EXH120 BEP Lewis Chessman - Queen 1831110184 British Museumc1150-1175
ADIvory (walrus) Lewis Scotland UK pre-1831 Purchased from TA Forrest 1831 96 50 34 156 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=404amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1831110184amppage=1
122 EXH121 BEP Lewis Chessman - Knight 18311101114 British Museumc1150-1175
ADIvory (walrus) Lewis Scotland UK pre-1831 Purchased from TA Forrest 1831 101 64 34 200 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=6207amppartId=1ampmuseumno=18311101114amppage=1
123 EXH122 BEP Lewis Chessman - Warder 18311101122 British Museumc1150-1175
ADIvory (walrus) Lewis Scotland UK pre-1831 Purchased from TA Forrest 1831 71 38 28 150 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=6215amppartId=1ampmuseumno=18311101122amppage=1
125 EXH124 BEP Lewis Chessman - Pawn 18311101127 British Museumc1150-1175
ADIvory (walrus) Lewis Scotland UK pre-1831 Purchased from TA Forrest 1831 50 28 22 150 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=6220amppartId=1ampmuseumno=18311101127amppage=1
126 EXH125 BEP Lewis Chessman - Pawn 18311101133 British Museumc1150-1175
ADIvory (walrus) Lewis Scotland UK pre-1831 Purchased from TA Forrest 1831 510 24 23 150 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=6226amppartId=1ampmuseumno=18311101133amppage=1
127 EXH126 ASIA Jade Dragon Cup
Ulugh Beg Kuragan in
Turkish Kuragan is a title
meaning royal son-in-law
195911201 British MuseumAD 1417-
1449Jade silver Central Asia
Purchased from Brooke Sewell Permanent
Fund1959 73 195 124 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=255413amppartId=1ampmuseumno=195911201amppage=1
128 EXH127 AOA Terracotta head from Ife Af193407161 British Museumc 1100-
1400 ADTerracotta
Iwinrin Grove Ife
NigeriaDonated by Harold George Ramshaw 1934 240 125 160 18kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=619063amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af193407161amppage=1
129 EXH128 ASIA Chinese (Yuan) blue-and-white serving dish Franks1670 British Museum1330-1350
ADGlazed porcelain
Jingdezhen Jiangxi
Province China
Donated by Sir Augustus Wollaston
Franks1876 76 458 2 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=264386amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Franks1670amppage=1
130 EXH129 ASIAKorean (Punchong) ware dish with Japanese
repairs1947121717 British Museum c 15th C AD Ceramic gold laquer Korea Donated by Henry Bergen 1947 75 178 750 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=769413amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1947121717amppage=1
131 EXH130 ASIA Punchong ware bottle with fish 200011301 British Museum c 1500 Glazed stoneware KoreaPurchased at Christies New York (19th
Sept lot 370)
Purchase funded by Hahn Kwang-Ho
Purchase Fund2000 287 170 750 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxmuseumno=200011301ampILINK|34484|assetId=21476001ampobjectI d=178952amppartId=1
132 EXH131 ASIAJapanese Teabowl inspired by Korean Buncheong
stonewareFranks1982 British Museum
c AD 1620-
1650Glazed stoneware Japan
Donated by Sir Augustus Wollaston
Franks1870s 85 137 750 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=774739amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Franks1982amppage=1
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RefImage Dept Description
Inscriptions (if
applicable)Reg number Lender Date Material Technique
place of
creationdiscover
y
Collected byPrevious owner Date of Collection DonorVendor Provenance comments
Date
acquired
by BM
Height Width Depth DiameterWeight
(some
estimated)
Web links to provenancedetailed object information
133 EXH132 ASIAJapanese lotus stoneware dish inspired by Korean
Buncheong stonewareFranks1945 British Museum
c AD 1670-
1750 Glazed stoneware Japan
Donated by Sir Augustus Wollaston
Franks1870s 83 235 218 750 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=774771amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Franks1945amppage=1
134 EXH133 ME Iznik polychrome dish with floral designs G142 British Museumc 1570-
1580 ADGlazed ceramic Iznik Turkey Frederick Du Cane Goodman Bequeathed by Miss Edith Goodman 1983 70 350 15 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=215441amppartId=1ampmuseumno=G142amppage=1
135 EXH134 ME Iznik Golden Horn blue and white dish 188706179 British Museumc 1530-
1540 ADCeramic Iznik Turkey Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks 1887 60 331 15 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=239015amppartId=1ampmuseumno=188706179amppage=1
136 EXH135 ME Iznik Damascus style jar 18781230513 British Museumc 1540-
1560 ADCeramic Iznik Turkey John Henderson Bequeathed by John Henderson 1878 330 285 15 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=239219amppartId=1ampmuseumno=18781230513amppage =1
137 EXH136 BEP Hebrew astrolabe 189306163 British Museum1345-1355
ADBrass Spain Freacutedeacuteric Spitzer
Purchased through Rollin amp Feuardent
probably at the Chevallier amp Mannheim
Auction Paris
1893 111 914 156 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=54859amppartId=1ampmuseumno=189306163amppage=1
139 EXH137 PD Albrecht Durer Rhinoceros woodcut printSigned dated titled on
block by artist18950122715 British Museum 1515 AD Paper Nuremberg Germany Donated by William Mitchell 1895 241 301 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1342337amppartId=1ampmuseumno=18950122715amppag e=1
Section 8 Encounters and Connections (AD 1500 - 1800)
140 EXH138 BEP Circumnavigation medal - silver 1891090512 British Museum 1589 AD Silver England UK Donated by Sir Augustus Wollaston
Franks1891 1 68 20 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=51848amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1891090512amppage=1
141 EXH139 CM Circumnavigation medal - electrotype CME892 British Museum20th21st C
ADElectrotype UK Unknown Purchased through Christies 1967 1 66 194 g
142 EXH140 CM Piece of Eight silver coin C339 British Museum 1618 AD Silver Spain Unknown Unknown
probably acquired before the British
Museums current registration system was
created in the late 1830s
pre-1970 42 209 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1030863amppartId=1ampmuseumno=C339amppage=1
143 EXH141 CM Piece of Eight silver coin 1995020539 British Museum1598-1621
ADSilver Potosi Bolivia Unknown
Acquired through HM Treasury (Treasure
Trove)1995 42 269 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3466647amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1995020539amppage =1
144 EXH142 CM Piece of Eight silver coin 1995020540 British Museum1598-1621
ADSilver Mexico Unknown
Acquired through HM Treasury (Treasure
Trove)1995 41 27 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3466649amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1995020540amppage =1
145 EXH143 CM Piece of Eight silver coin 1995020541 British Museum1598-1621
ADSilver Mexico Unknown
Acquired through HM Treasury (Treasure
Trove)1995 40 239 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3466648amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1995020541amppage=1
146 EXH144 ASIA Kakiemon porcelain elephant 198003251 British Museummid-late 17th
C ADPorcelain
Arita Saga
Prefecture JapanPurchased from Lady Garner 1980 350 435 140 2 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=766883amppartId=1ampsearchText=kakiemon+elephantsamppage=1
147 EXH145 BEP Carved figure of Christ 195710081 British Museum1600-1700
ADIvory wood Goa India Purchased from Messers Delahar 1957 264 120 90 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=78233amppartId=1ampmuseumno=195710081amppage=1
148 EXH146 ME Shia religious parade standard
Arabic Transliteration
Jaha Allah Muhammad
Ali Fatima al-Hasan al-
Husain Ali Muhammad
Jafar Musa Ali
Muhammad Ali al-Hasan
Ali Allah
Translation God is great
(followed by thirteen of the
fourteen Immaculate ones
listed in order The 12th
imam is not mentioned and
the last roundel contains the
names of Ali and Allah)
1888090116 British Museum 1650-1700 Gilded brass IranDonated by Sir Augustus Wollaston
Franks1888 1280 270 50 2 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=218072amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1888090116amppage=1
149 EXH147 ME Mughal miniature painting of Prince visiting holy
man with attendants1920091704 British Museum c 1610 Paper India Stowe House Transferred from British Library 1920
254
(sheet)
219
(image)
142
(sheet)
104
(image)
1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=232044amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1920091704amppage=1
200 EXH148 PD
Anonymous woodcut print Goumlttlicher
Schrifftmessiger woldenckwuumlrdiger Traum a
broadside on the centenary of the German
Reformation
Signed with S S S 18800710299 British Museum 1617 AD Paper Leipzig Germany Unknown 1880 284 347 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1434936amppartId=1ampmuseumno=18800710299amppage=1
201 EXH149 BEPCameo showing Omphale with diamonds and
rubies189907182 British Museum c 16th C AD Onyx gold diamond ruby Italy
Formerly in the Piccolomini Cabinet
in Rome given by Charles V HRE
to Clemenet VII who presented to
the Piccolomini family Subsequently
in the Medina and Bessborough
collections
Purchased from Rollin amp Feuardent 1899 60 45 10 523 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=38848amppartId=1ampmuseumno=189907182amppage=1
202 EXH150 AOA Benin plaque depicting The Oba with Europeans Af1898011523 British Museum c 16th C AD Brass Benin City Nigeria
Following the British occupation of
Benin City (Edo) in 1897 objects
made of brass ivory and wood were
seized by the British force from the
royal quarters and various
storerooms Over 300 brass
plaques were sent to the UK by the
Consul-General [Sir] Ralph Moor and
placed at the Foreign Office
1897Donated by the Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs1898 435 410 107 15 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610486amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af1898011523amppage=1
203 EXH151 AOA Benin plaque depicting a European Af1898011510 British Museum c 16th C AD Brass Benin City Nigeria
Following the British occupation of
Benin City (Edo) in 1897 objects
made of brass ivory and wood were
seized by the British force from the
royal quarters and various
storerooms Over 300 brass
plaques were sent to the UK by the
Consul-General [Sir] Ralph Moor and
placed at the Foreign Office
1897Donated by the Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs1898 464 312 52 8 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610494amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af1898011510amppage=1
204 EXH152 AOA Benin plaque depicting a European with matchlock Af1898011512 British Museum c 16th C AD Brass Benin City Nigeria
Following the British occupation of
Benin City (Edo) in 1897 objects
made of brass ivory and wood were
seized by the British force from the
royal quarters and various
storerooms Over 300 brass
plaques were sent to the UK by the
Consul-General [Sir] Ralph Moor and
placed at the Foreign Office
1897Donated by the Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs1898 470 310 90 85 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610492amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af1898011512amppage=1
150 EXH153 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1896-758 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Rev Dr William Sparrow Simpson
Donated by Sir Augustus Wollaston
Franks1896 16 62 58 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=621949amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af1896-758amppage=1
151 EXH154 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1905041331 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria
Donated by the Colonial Government of
South Nigeria1905 20 68 63 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=621480amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af1905041331amppage=1
152 EXH155 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1905041334 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria
Donated by the Colonial Government of
South Nigeria1905 20 63 58 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3100648amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af1905041334amppage=1
153 EXH156 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1905041336 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria
Donated by the Colonial Government of
South Nigeria1905 17 63 62 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3100700amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af1905041336amppage=1
154 EXH157 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1905041339 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria
Donated by the Colonial Government of
South Nigeria1905 16 59 59 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3100696amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af1905041339amppage=1
155 EXH158 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af190905111 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria
Donated by the Crown Agents for the
Colonies1909 15 58 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=621244amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af190905111amppage=1
156 EXH159 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af190905112 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria
Donated by the Crown Agents for the
Colonies1909 17 59 58 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609169amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af190905112amppage=1
EXH
RefImage Dept Description
Inscriptions (if
applicable)Reg number Lender Date Material Technique
place of
creationdiscover
y
Collected byPrevious owner Date of Collection DonorVendor Provenance comments
Date
acquired
by BM
Height Width Depth DiameterWeight
(some
estimated)
Web links to provenancedetailed object information
157 EXH160 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af190905113 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria
Donated by the Crown Agents for the
Colonies1909 17 58 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609168amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af190905113amppage=1
158 EXH161 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af190905114 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria
Donated by the Crown Agents for the
Colonies1909 15 58 59 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609167amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af190905114amppage=1
159 EXH162 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af190905115 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria
Donated by the Crown Agents for the
Colonies1909 16 52 55 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609166amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af190905115amppage=1
160 EXH163 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1920110113 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Donald A MacAlister 1920 TBC 65 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=620492amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af1920110113amppage=1
161 EXH164 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453a British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 15 60 55 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=616669amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453aamppage=1
162 EXH165 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453b British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 20 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609156amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453bamppage=1
163 EXH166 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453d British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 20 55 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609154amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453damppage=1
164 EXH167 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453f British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 20 55 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609152amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453famppage=1
165 EXH168 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453g British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 15 55 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609151amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453gamppage=1
166 EXH169 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453h British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 20 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609150amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453hamppage=1
167 EXH170 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453i British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 15 55 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609149amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453iamppage=1
168 EXH171 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453j British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 15 55 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609148amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453jamppage=1
169 EXH172 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453k British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 20 55 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609147amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453kamppage=1
170 EXH173 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453l British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 15 55 55 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609146amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453lamppage=1
171 EXH174 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19560720 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Charles Partridge Donated by Charles Partridge 1956 15 58 59 50 g
172 EXH175 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19712353b British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Rev J H Slater Donated by J S Slater 1971 TBC 62 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=612410amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af19712353bamppage=1
173 EXH176 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19712353c British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Rev J H Slater Donated by J S Slater 1971 TBC 62 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=612410amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af19712353bamppage=1
174 EXH177 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19712353d British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Rev J H Slater Donated by J S Slater 1971 TBC 62 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=612410amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af19712353bamppage=1
175 EXH178 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19712353e British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Rev J H Slater Donated by J S Slater 1971 TBC 62 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=612410amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af19712353bamppage=1
176 EXH179 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19712353f British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Rev J H Slater Donated by J S Slater 1971 TBC 62 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=612410amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af19712353bamppage=1
177 EXH180 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1979011178 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria unknown pre-1979 17 57 59 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=611267amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
178 EXH181 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1979011179 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria unknown pre-1979 17 57 58 50 g
179 EXH182 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1979011180 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria unknown pre-1979 21 63 56 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=611265amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
180 EXH183 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1979011181 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria unknown pre-1979 18 60 56 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=611264amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
181 EXH184 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1979011242 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria unknown pre-1979 19 60 59 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=611208amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678ampmaterial=19077amppage=1
182 EXH185 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1979011243 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria unknown pre-1979 17 61 59 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=611207amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
183 EXH186 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841953 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 64 56 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610176amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
184 EXH187 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841954 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 63 65 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610175amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
185 EXH188 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841955 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 64 62 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610174amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
186 EXH189 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841956 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 61 59 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610173amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
187 EXH190 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841957 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 63 59 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610172amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
188 EXH191 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841958 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 68 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610171amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
189 EXH192 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841959 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 65 62 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610170amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
190 EXH193 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841960 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610169amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
191 EXH194 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841961 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 64 57 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610168amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
192 EXH195 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841962 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 62 61 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610167amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
193 EXH196 AOA Brass Manilla currency piece Af+7a British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Dr James M Foster 1872 TBC 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=622643amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
194 EXH197 AOA Brass Manilla currency piece Af+7b British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Dr James M Foster 1872 TBC 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=622643amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
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acquired
by BM
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(some
estimated)
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195 EXH198 AOA Brass Manilla currency piece Af+7c British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Dr James M Foster 1872 TBC 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=622643amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
196 EXH199 AOA Brass Manilla currency piece Af+7d British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Dr James M Foster 1872 TBC 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=622643amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
197 EXH200 AOA Brass Manilla currency piece Af+7e British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Dr James M Foster 1872 TBC 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=622643amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
198 EXH201 AOA Brass Manilla currency piece Af+7f British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Dr James M Foster 1872 TBC 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=622643amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
199 EXH202 AOA Brass Manilla currency piece Af+7g British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Dr James M Foster 1872 TBC 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=622643amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
205 EXH203 ASIA Shadow puppet (LEAD - Bima) Content Aria Bima 18591228675 British Museum c1800 AD Painted leather horn Java Indonesia Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles 1811-1816Donated by Rev William Charles Raffles
Flint1859 750 380 361 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=545604amppartId=1ampsearchText=shadow+puppet+aria+bimaamppage=1
206 EXH204 ASIA Shadow puppet (Gunungun) 19390451 British Museum c1800 AD Painted leather horn Java Indonesia Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles 1811-1816 Donated by Mrs JH Drake 1939 935 383 323 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=544233amppartId=1ampmuseumno=As19390451amppage=1
207 EXH205 ASIA Shadow puppet (Hanuman) Content Moryet Anila 18591228542 British Museum c1800 AD Painted leather horn Java Indonesia Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles 1811-1816Donated by Rev William Charles Raffles
Flint1859 712 230 216 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=574739amppartId=1ampmuseumno=As18591228542amppage=1
208 EXH206 ASIA Shadow puppet (Hero)Content Yoyo Langkara of
Bali18591228691 British Museum c1800 AD Painted leather horn Java Indonesia Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles 1811-1816
Donated by Rev William Charles Raffles
Flint1859 600 175 101 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=545469amppartId=1ampmuseumno=As18591228691amppage=1
209 EXH207 ASIA Shadow puppet (woman) 18591228687 British Museum c1800 AD Painted leather horn Java Indonesia Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles 1811-1816Donated by Rev William Charles Raffles
Flint1859 527 145 71 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=545456amppartId=1ampmuseumno=As18591228687+amppage=1
210 EXH208 AOA Sowei mask Af188611261a-b British Museum 1880-1886 Wood raffia fringeSherbro District
Sierra Leone
Collected by Thomas Joshua
Alldridge for display in the Colonial
and Indian Exhibition 1886
1886 Purchased from Thomas Joshua Alldridge 1886
1500
(Mask
430)
540 540 8 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=634670amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af188611261aamppage=1
211 EXH209 AOABrass cast of Maori mere club engraved with Sir
Joseph Banks coat of arms
Content Jos Banks Esq
above and 1772 below
inscribed coat of arms
(shield divided by a cross
with a fleur-de-lis in each
corner)
Oc193602061 British Museum 1772 AD BrassMade in London
EnglandComissioned by Sir Joseph Banks 1772 Donated by Harry Geoffrey Beasley 1936 365 100 38 4 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=497632amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Oc193602061amppage=1
212 EXH210 AOA Hawaiian basket helmet Oc1980Q992 British Museum 18th C AD Olona fibre Hawaii USAPossibly acquired from George Goodman
Hewett1980 300 155 265 500 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=489833amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Oc1980Q992amppage=1
213 EXH211 AOA Metis frock coat Am195405965 British Museumc 1800-
1900 AD
Mooseskin (Alces alces) claw
(Odocoileus virinianus)
horsehair otter hair porcupine
quill (Erethizon dorsatum) paint
Canada
Purchased at auction (1925)
possibly from Sophia Lade Lampson
(unconfirmed)
Brought into Wellcome Collection
(1933)
Donated by the Wellcome Institute for the
History of Medicine1954 1300 1500 300 12 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=526467amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Am195405965amppage=1
214 EXH212 ASIAJade bi ancient collared disc with later (1790)
Chinese engraving by the Qianlong Emperor
Full details and prose-
format paraphrase by
Stephen D Allee (2010)
included on BMorg
catalogue Chinese poem
inscribed by the Qianlong
Emperor
19370416140 British Museum
c1200 BC
(1790 AD
inscription)
Jade China Imperial Qianlong Collection 1790 Purchased from George Eumorfopoulos 1937 10 155 300 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=258946amppartId=1ampmuseumno=19370416140amppage=1
Section 9 The World of Our Making (AD 1800 - Today)
215 EXH213 BEP Ships chronometer from HMS Beagle
Content LONDON
No2853
Thos Earnshaw
INVT ET FECIT
No509
ONE DAY
195810061957 British Museumc1795-1805
ADBrass steel mahogany London England UK Courtenay Adrian Ilbert Donated by Gilbert Edgar
Purchased from the beneficiaries of the
Ilbert Estate via generous donation of
funds from Gilbert Edgar CBE public
donations and government funds
1958 176 208 208 3 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=55372amppartId=1ampmuseumno=195810061957amppage=1
216 EXH214 CM Colonial Bank note from Mauritius 19840605629 British Museum AD 1839 PaperIssued in Mauritius
printed in LondonPurchased from William LS Barrett 1984 126 195 20 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1108595amppartId=1ampmuseumno=19840605629amppage=1
217 EXH215 BEPEarly Victorian tea set (teapot sugar bowl milk
jug)
gtBase of Milk Jug
Content WEDGWOOD
gtMounts of Teapot and Jug
Content hallmark for 1839-
1840 and makers mark IF
(probably for John Figg)
gtMount of Sugar Bowl
Content hallmark for 1843
makers mark WC (possibly
for William Cooper)
gtSugar Bowl
Content WEDGWOOD
ETRURIA
19091201108 British Museumc 1840-
1845 ADUnglazed stoneware silver
Stoke-on-Trent
Staffordshire
England UK
Reputedly owned by Adelaide of
Saxe-Coburg Meiningen (Queen of
William IV)
Donated by Isaac Falcke and Mrs Mary
Anne Falcke1909
145
84
120
174
138
107
85
110
80
400 g
234 g
202 g
httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=81729amppartId=1ampmuseumno=19091201108amppage=1
218 EXH216 ASIAKatsushika Hokusai Illustrated manga (14 book
set)1979030504281-14 British Museum
c 1814-
1878 ADPaper Japan Jack Hillier Purchased from Jack Hillier 1979 2 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3358009amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1979030504281amppage=1
219 EXH217 CMUS Election badge Seymour Blair campaign
badge
H SEYMOUR FOR
PRESIDENT 1868
reverse F P BLAIR FOR
VICE-PRESIDENT 1868
190611033761 British Museum 1868 AD Iron USA Donated by Dr Frederick Parkes Weber 1906 28 44 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1216615amppartId=1ampmuseumno=190611033761amppage=1
220 EXH218 CMEisenhower hologram (US Election badge group
display of 8 badges)I LIKE IKE 1964111714 British Museum 1952 - 6 Plastic metal USA Donated by WW Woodside 1964 63 5 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3528179amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1964111714amppage=1
221 EXH219 CMNixon Lodge (US Election badge group display of 8
badges)
IM FOR NIXON and
LODGE1964111716 British Museum 1960 Plastic metal USA Donated by WW Woodside 1964 23 5 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3528382amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1964111716amppage=1
222 EXH220 CMJimmy Carter for President (US Election badge
group display of 8 badges)
JIMMY CARTER FOR
PRESIDENT198711357 British Museum 1976 Plastic metal USA
Donated by the British-American Arts
Asscoaition Ltd1987 31 5 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3528319amppartId=1ampmuseumno=198711357amppage=1
223 EXH221 CMReagan with stars (US Election badge group
display of 8 badges)REAGAN 80 1987113517 British Museum 1980 Plastic metal USA
Donated by the British-American Arts
Asscoaition Ltd1987 56 5 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3528287amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1987113517amppage=1
224 EXH222 CMKeep America Strong (US Election badge group
display of 8 badges)
REAGAN KEEP AMERICA
STRONG19871135117 British Museum 1984 Plastic metal USA
Donated by the British-American Arts
Asscoaition Ltd1987 88 5 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3528248amppartId=1ampmuseumno=19871135117amppage=1
225 EXH223 CMDump Reagan in rsquo84 (US Election badge group
display of 8 badges)DUMP REAGAN in 84 19871135167 British Museum 1984 Plastic metal USA
Donated by the British-American Arts
Asscoaition Ltd1987 57 5 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3528493amppartId=1ampmuseumno=19871135167amppage=1
226 EXH224 CMShit Happened (US Election badge group display of
8 badges)SHIT HAPPENED 199406097 British Museum c 1993 Plastic metal USA Anonymous donation 1994 44 5 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3607482amppartId=1ampmuseumno=199406097amppage=1
227 EXH225 BEPRussian revolutionary Victory of the Workers
plate
Russian Obverse Content
The victory of the workers
October 1917
Reverse Content 1920
198112082 British Museum AD 1919 Ceramic
State Porcelain
Factory St
Petersburg Russia
Purchased from Dan Klein Ltd 1981 40 235 750 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=4140amppartId=1ampmuseumno=198112082amppage=1
228 EXH226 PD Hockneyrsquos In the Dull Village 1981121288 British Museum 1966 AD Paper England Purchased from Sam Fogg 1981 35 225 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=4502amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1981121288amppage=1
229 EXH227 MEWoven Afghan war rug with Russian soldiers
depicted as white Divs2010601312 British Museum 1980 - 1989 Wool woven Afghanistan Donated by Graham Gower
Part of a collection donated on 4 April 2010
when they were placed on deposit (Deposit
no 789)
2010 1580 1010 5 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3316855amppartId=1ampmuseumno=201060131225u00a025u00a025u00a0+amppage=1
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y
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Date
acquired
by BM
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(some
estimated)
Web links to provenancedetailed object information
230 EXH228 AOAWahgi shield from Papua New Guinea South
Pacific Export LagerOc1990094 British Museum
c 1990-
2000 AD
Painted wood metal rubber
fibre
Wahgi Valley Papua
New GuineaDr Michael David Peter OHanlon
Purchased by Dr Michael David Peter
OHanlon for the British Museum
Purchased with contribution from British
Museum society (later Friends)1990 1525 610 120 55 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=485183amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Oc1990094amppage=1
231 EXH229 AOA Wahgi shield from Papua New Guinea SIX 2 SIX Oc19900919 British Museumc 1990-
2000 AD
Painted wood plastic metal
textile fibre
Wahgi Valley Papua
New GuineaDr Michael David Peter OHanlon
Purchased by Dr Michael David Peter
OHanlon for the British Museum
Purchased with contribution from British
Museum society (later Friends)1990 1520 500 130 8 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=485168amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Oc19900919amppage=1
232 EXH230 AOAWahgi shield from Papua New Guinea coloured
triangle motifsOc1990098 British Museum
c 1990-
2000 ADPaimted wood metal fibre
Wahgi Valley Papua
New GuineaDr Michael David Peter OHanlon
Purchased by Dr Michael David Peter
OHanlon for the British Museum
Purchased with contribution from British
Museum society (later Friends)1990 1525 610 80 55 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=485179amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Oc1990098amppage=1
233 EXH231 AOAFiel dos Santos Mother sculpture made of
decommissioned firearms201120261 British Museum 2011 AD Metal plastic bone wood Maputo Mozambique Fiel dos Santos 2011 Purchased from Fiel dos Santos 2011 1020 300 290 520 3 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3373333amppartId=1ampmuseumno=201120261amppage=1
234 EXH232 CM Plastic VISA Credit card 200941282 British Museum 2009 AD Plastic Dubai UAEDonated by Hong Kong amp Shanghai
Banking Corporation2009 45 85 20 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3230700amppartId=1ampmuseumno=200941282amppage=1
235 EXH233 AOA Counterfeit Football shirt - DrogbaContent DROGBA 11
SAMSUNG201020485 British Museum 2010 AD Synthetic fibres
Made in Indonesia
Purchased in Peru
Purchased for the British Museum through
JD Hill2010 800 700 50 500 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3579006amppartId=1ampmuseumno=201020485amppage=1
236 EXH234 ASIAGreen plastic solar-powered lamp with solar panel
and charger201020481 British Museum 2010 AD Plastic China Ashden Donated by Neil MacGregor 2010
Lamp
148
Panel
160
Lamp 127
Panel 180
Lamp 140
Panel 451 kg
httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3595888amppartId=1ampmuseumno=201020481amppage=1
httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3595888amppartId=1ampmuseumno=201020481amppage=1
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creationdiscover
y
Collected byPrevious owner Date of Collection DonorVendor Provenance comments
Date
acquired
by BM
Height Width Depth DiameterWeight
(some
estimated)
Web links to provenancedetailed object information
98 EXH096 CM Goldsborough (Viking) Hoard - Abbasid silver coin 1859051131 British Museum 893 AD SilverGoldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 25 2 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3309490amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1859051131amppage=1
99 EXH097 CM Goldsborough (Viking) Hoard - Banijurid silver coin 1859051135 British Museum 874-899 AD SilverGoldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 26 4 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3367070amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1859051135amppage=1
100 EXH098 CM Goldsborough (Viking) Hoard - Samanid silver coin 1859051141 British Museum 819-999 AD SilverGoldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 20 19 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3361658amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1859051141amppage=1
101 EXH099 CM Goldsborough (Viking) Hoard - Samanid silver coin 1859051142 British Museum 819-999 AD SilverGoldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 25 32 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3361655amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1859051142amppage=1
102 EXH100 CM Goldsborough (Viking) Hoard - Tahirid silver coin 1859051143 British Museum 816 AD Silver alloyGoldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 25 28 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3360283amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1859051143amppage=1
103 EXH101 CM Goldsborough (Viking) Hoard - Anglo-Saxon coin 185907261 British Museumc 871-899
ADSilver
Goldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 28 34 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1092114amppartId=1ampmuseumno=185907261amppage=1
104 EXH102 CM Goldsborough (Viking) Hoard - Anglo-Saxon coin 185907262 British Museum c 924 AD SilverGoldsborough North
Yorkshire England
Purchased from Rev the Hon James
Walter Lascelles1859 23 16 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1068682amppartId=1ampmuseumno=185907262amppage=1
105 EXH103 ASIA Japanese bronze mirror with cranes and pines 192710142 British Museum 12th C AD Bronze Japan Donated by H Yamakawa 1927 8 112 117 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=770300amppartId=1ampmuseumno=192710142amppage=1
106 EXH104 AOA Moche pot in the shape of a warrior AmP1 British Museum 100-700 AD Ceramic Peru LiverpoolDonated by Sir Augustus Wollaston
Franks1873 225 180 170 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=480501amppartId=1ampmuseumno=AmP1amppage=1
107 EXH105 AOA Moche pot in the shape of a seated figure Am1947105 British Museum 100-700 AD Ceramic Peru Donated by Mrs EHS Spottiswoode 1947 210 170 180 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=478210amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Am1947105amppage=1
108 EXH106 AOA Moche pot in the shape of a seated figure Am1947102 British Museum 100-700 AD Ceramic Peru Donated by Mrs EHS Spottiswoode 1947 175 160 185 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=478213amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Am1947102amppage=1
109 EXH107 AOA Moche pot in the shape of a seated warrior Am190912187 British Museum 100-700 AD CeramicTrujillo La Libertad
PeruThomas Hewitt Myring Donated by Henry Van den Bergh
Donated through the National Art
Collections Fund (later The Art Fund)1909 260 140 200 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=480108amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Am190912187amppage=1
110 EXH108 AOA Moche pot in the shape of a sleeping man Am1909121815 British Museum 100-700 AD CeramicTrujillo La Libertad
PeruThomas Hewitt Myring Donated by Henry Van den Bergh
Donated through the National Art
Collections Fund (later The Art Fund)1909 230 120 200 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=480101amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Am1909121815amppage=1
111 EXH109 AOA Mayan stone altar Am1923Maud16 British Museumc763-822
ADLimestone Copan Honduras Dr Alfred Percival Maudslay probably c1886
Donated to VampA Museum in 1886
Collection transferred to BM in 19231923 380 1030 800 256 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3428766amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Am1923Maud16amppage=1
Section 7 Innovation and Adaptation (AD 900 - 1550)
112 EXH110 BEP Icon of St Jerome
Content IRAM VINCE
PATIE CIAAM SIECIAZ
SCRIPT RARVM CARNIS
VINSIA NO AMAE
Transliteration Iram vince
patientia Ama scientia
Scripturarum et carnis vitia
non amabis
Translation Overcome
wrath by patience love the
knowledge of the Scriptures
and you will not love the sin
of the flesh
199405011 British Museum1400-1450
ADWood gesso gold Crete Greece
Once in the possession of John
Ruskin the panel was given by its
owner to the painter William Ward
(1829-1908) Alfred A de Pass
(according to the label on the back)
purchased it from Ward before 1905
when it was exhibited at the
Burlington Fine Arts Club (no 8) It
was presented to the National
Gallery in 1920 (no 3543) and
transferred to the British Museum in
1994
Donated by The National Gallery 1994 352 283 40 15 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=58756amppartId=1ampmuseumno=199405011amppage=1
113 EXH111 ASIA Shiva and Parvati sculpture 195010186 British Museum 10th C AD BasaltGaya District Bihar
IndiaC E Buckland CIE
Donated by Sir Phillip Buckland (son of CE
Buckland)1950 406 250 130 18 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=247656amppartId=1ampmuseumno=195010186amppage=1
114 EXH112 AOA Huastec sculpture Am184206115 British Museum900-1521
ADSandstone Paacutenuco River Mexico Donated by Capt James Vetch 1842 875 360 183 89 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=669495amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Am184206115amppage=1
115 EXH113 AOA Sculpture of Aztec spirit (Chuateteo) Am1990101 British Museumc1400-1521
ADAndesite Mexico
found in Scottish country house
Possibly from the collection of
William Bullock
Purchased from Michael Graham Stewart 1990 740 450 420 182 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=469879amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Am1990101amppage=1
116 EXH114 AOA Inca gold llama statuette Am192107211 British Museum1400-1550
ADGold Peru Purchased from NL Davidson 1921 55 25 65 250 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=479664amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Am192107211amppage=1
138 EXH115 AOA Double-headed boundary marker Oc192005062 British Museum AD 1600-1800Stone Easter Island Katherine Maria Routledge 1913-1915 Donated by W Scoresby Routledge 1920 48 27 27 40 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=500971amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Oc192005062amppage=1
117 EXH116 BEP Saint Connal Bell Shrine 1889090223 British Museumc 1400-
1500 ADBronze silver rock crystal gold
Inishkeel Donegal
Ireland
Donated by Sir Augustus Wollaston
Franks1889 228 166 125 212 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=8801amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1889090223amppage=1
118 EXH117 AOA Taino ritual wooden seat Am194922118 British MuseumAD 1292-
1399Wood gold
Santo Domingo
Dominican RepublicWilliam Ockelford Oldman Purchased from Mrs D K Oldman
Purchased with contribution from The
National Art Collections Fund (later The Art
Fund)
1949 220 140 440 2 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=651811amppartId=1ampsearchText=taino+ritual+wooden+seatamppage=1
119 EXH118 ASIA Japanese sword blade - tachiYoshikane - signature of
smith in Japanese199205231 British Museum
1200-1250
ADSteel Japan Dr Walter A Compton Purchased at Christies
Purchased through Eskanazi Ltd at BMs
request1992 50 970 10 15 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=765587amppartId=1ampmuseumno=199205231amppage=1
120 EXH119 BEP Lewis Chessman - King 1831110179 British Museumc1150-1175
ADIvory (walrus) Lewis Scotland UK pre-1831 Purchased from TA Forrest 1831 99 51 44 245 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=399amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1831110179amppage=1
121 EXH120 BEP Lewis Chessman - Queen 1831110184 British Museumc1150-1175
ADIvory (walrus) Lewis Scotland UK pre-1831 Purchased from TA Forrest 1831 96 50 34 156 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=404amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1831110184amppage=1
122 EXH121 BEP Lewis Chessman - Knight 18311101114 British Museumc1150-1175
ADIvory (walrus) Lewis Scotland UK pre-1831 Purchased from TA Forrest 1831 101 64 34 200 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=6207amppartId=1ampmuseumno=18311101114amppage=1
123 EXH122 BEP Lewis Chessman - Warder 18311101122 British Museumc1150-1175
ADIvory (walrus) Lewis Scotland UK pre-1831 Purchased from TA Forrest 1831 71 38 28 150 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=6215amppartId=1ampmuseumno=18311101122amppage=1
125 EXH124 BEP Lewis Chessman - Pawn 18311101127 British Museumc1150-1175
ADIvory (walrus) Lewis Scotland UK pre-1831 Purchased from TA Forrest 1831 50 28 22 150 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=6220amppartId=1ampmuseumno=18311101127amppage=1
126 EXH125 BEP Lewis Chessman - Pawn 18311101133 British Museumc1150-1175
ADIvory (walrus) Lewis Scotland UK pre-1831 Purchased from TA Forrest 1831 510 24 23 150 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=6226amppartId=1ampmuseumno=18311101133amppage=1
127 EXH126 ASIA Jade Dragon Cup
Ulugh Beg Kuragan in
Turkish Kuragan is a title
meaning royal son-in-law
195911201 British MuseumAD 1417-
1449Jade silver Central Asia
Purchased from Brooke Sewell Permanent
Fund1959 73 195 124 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=255413amppartId=1ampmuseumno=195911201amppage=1
128 EXH127 AOA Terracotta head from Ife Af193407161 British Museumc 1100-
1400 ADTerracotta
Iwinrin Grove Ife
NigeriaDonated by Harold George Ramshaw 1934 240 125 160 18kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=619063amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af193407161amppage=1
129 EXH128 ASIA Chinese (Yuan) blue-and-white serving dish Franks1670 British Museum1330-1350
ADGlazed porcelain
Jingdezhen Jiangxi
Province China
Donated by Sir Augustus Wollaston
Franks1876 76 458 2 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=264386amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Franks1670amppage=1
130 EXH129 ASIAKorean (Punchong) ware dish with Japanese
repairs1947121717 British Museum c 15th C AD Ceramic gold laquer Korea Donated by Henry Bergen 1947 75 178 750 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=769413amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1947121717amppage=1
131 EXH130 ASIA Punchong ware bottle with fish 200011301 British Museum c 1500 Glazed stoneware KoreaPurchased at Christies New York (19th
Sept lot 370)
Purchase funded by Hahn Kwang-Ho
Purchase Fund2000 287 170 750 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxmuseumno=200011301ampILINK|34484|assetId=21476001ampobjectI d=178952amppartId=1
132 EXH131 ASIAJapanese Teabowl inspired by Korean Buncheong
stonewareFranks1982 British Museum
c AD 1620-
1650Glazed stoneware Japan
Donated by Sir Augustus Wollaston
Franks1870s 85 137 750 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=774739amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Franks1982amppage=1
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RefImage Dept Description
Inscriptions (if
applicable)Reg number Lender Date Material Technique
place of
creationdiscover
y
Collected byPrevious owner Date of Collection DonorVendor Provenance comments
Date
acquired
by BM
Height Width Depth DiameterWeight
(some
estimated)
Web links to provenancedetailed object information
133 EXH132 ASIAJapanese lotus stoneware dish inspired by Korean
Buncheong stonewareFranks1945 British Museum
c AD 1670-
1750 Glazed stoneware Japan
Donated by Sir Augustus Wollaston
Franks1870s 83 235 218 750 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=774771amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Franks1945amppage=1
134 EXH133 ME Iznik polychrome dish with floral designs G142 British Museumc 1570-
1580 ADGlazed ceramic Iznik Turkey Frederick Du Cane Goodman Bequeathed by Miss Edith Goodman 1983 70 350 15 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=215441amppartId=1ampmuseumno=G142amppage=1
135 EXH134 ME Iznik Golden Horn blue and white dish 188706179 British Museumc 1530-
1540 ADCeramic Iznik Turkey Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks 1887 60 331 15 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=239015amppartId=1ampmuseumno=188706179amppage=1
136 EXH135 ME Iznik Damascus style jar 18781230513 British Museumc 1540-
1560 ADCeramic Iznik Turkey John Henderson Bequeathed by John Henderson 1878 330 285 15 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=239219amppartId=1ampmuseumno=18781230513amppage =1
137 EXH136 BEP Hebrew astrolabe 189306163 British Museum1345-1355
ADBrass Spain Freacutedeacuteric Spitzer
Purchased through Rollin amp Feuardent
probably at the Chevallier amp Mannheim
Auction Paris
1893 111 914 156 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=54859amppartId=1ampmuseumno=189306163amppage=1
139 EXH137 PD Albrecht Durer Rhinoceros woodcut printSigned dated titled on
block by artist18950122715 British Museum 1515 AD Paper Nuremberg Germany Donated by William Mitchell 1895 241 301 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1342337amppartId=1ampmuseumno=18950122715amppag e=1
Section 8 Encounters and Connections (AD 1500 - 1800)
140 EXH138 BEP Circumnavigation medal - silver 1891090512 British Museum 1589 AD Silver England UK Donated by Sir Augustus Wollaston
Franks1891 1 68 20 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=51848amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1891090512amppage=1
141 EXH139 CM Circumnavigation medal - electrotype CME892 British Museum20th21st C
ADElectrotype UK Unknown Purchased through Christies 1967 1 66 194 g
142 EXH140 CM Piece of Eight silver coin C339 British Museum 1618 AD Silver Spain Unknown Unknown
probably acquired before the British
Museums current registration system was
created in the late 1830s
pre-1970 42 209 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1030863amppartId=1ampmuseumno=C339amppage=1
143 EXH141 CM Piece of Eight silver coin 1995020539 British Museum1598-1621
ADSilver Potosi Bolivia Unknown
Acquired through HM Treasury (Treasure
Trove)1995 42 269 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3466647amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1995020539amppage =1
144 EXH142 CM Piece of Eight silver coin 1995020540 British Museum1598-1621
ADSilver Mexico Unknown
Acquired through HM Treasury (Treasure
Trove)1995 41 27 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3466649amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1995020540amppage =1
145 EXH143 CM Piece of Eight silver coin 1995020541 British Museum1598-1621
ADSilver Mexico Unknown
Acquired through HM Treasury (Treasure
Trove)1995 40 239 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3466648amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1995020541amppage=1
146 EXH144 ASIA Kakiemon porcelain elephant 198003251 British Museummid-late 17th
C ADPorcelain
Arita Saga
Prefecture JapanPurchased from Lady Garner 1980 350 435 140 2 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=766883amppartId=1ampsearchText=kakiemon+elephantsamppage=1
147 EXH145 BEP Carved figure of Christ 195710081 British Museum1600-1700
ADIvory wood Goa India Purchased from Messers Delahar 1957 264 120 90 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=78233amppartId=1ampmuseumno=195710081amppage=1
148 EXH146 ME Shia religious parade standard
Arabic Transliteration
Jaha Allah Muhammad
Ali Fatima al-Hasan al-
Husain Ali Muhammad
Jafar Musa Ali
Muhammad Ali al-Hasan
Ali Allah
Translation God is great
(followed by thirteen of the
fourteen Immaculate ones
listed in order The 12th
imam is not mentioned and
the last roundel contains the
names of Ali and Allah)
1888090116 British Museum 1650-1700 Gilded brass IranDonated by Sir Augustus Wollaston
Franks1888 1280 270 50 2 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=218072amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1888090116amppage=1
149 EXH147 ME Mughal miniature painting of Prince visiting holy
man with attendants1920091704 British Museum c 1610 Paper India Stowe House Transferred from British Library 1920
254
(sheet)
219
(image)
142
(sheet)
104
(image)
1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=232044amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1920091704amppage=1
200 EXH148 PD
Anonymous woodcut print Goumlttlicher
Schrifftmessiger woldenckwuumlrdiger Traum a
broadside on the centenary of the German
Reformation
Signed with S S S 18800710299 British Museum 1617 AD Paper Leipzig Germany Unknown 1880 284 347 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1434936amppartId=1ampmuseumno=18800710299amppage=1
201 EXH149 BEPCameo showing Omphale with diamonds and
rubies189907182 British Museum c 16th C AD Onyx gold diamond ruby Italy
Formerly in the Piccolomini Cabinet
in Rome given by Charles V HRE
to Clemenet VII who presented to
the Piccolomini family Subsequently
in the Medina and Bessborough
collections
Purchased from Rollin amp Feuardent 1899 60 45 10 523 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=38848amppartId=1ampmuseumno=189907182amppage=1
202 EXH150 AOA Benin plaque depicting The Oba with Europeans Af1898011523 British Museum c 16th C AD Brass Benin City Nigeria
Following the British occupation of
Benin City (Edo) in 1897 objects
made of brass ivory and wood were
seized by the British force from the
royal quarters and various
storerooms Over 300 brass
plaques were sent to the UK by the
Consul-General [Sir] Ralph Moor and
placed at the Foreign Office
1897Donated by the Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs1898 435 410 107 15 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610486amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af1898011523amppage=1
203 EXH151 AOA Benin plaque depicting a European Af1898011510 British Museum c 16th C AD Brass Benin City Nigeria
Following the British occupation of
Benin City (Edo) in 1897 objects
made of brass ivory and wood were
seized by the British force from the
royal quarters and various
storerooms Over 300 brass
plaques were sent to the UK by the
Consul-General [Sir] Ralph Moor and
placed at the Foreign Office
1897Donated by the Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs1898 464 312 52 8 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610494amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af1898011510amppage=1
204 EXH152 AOA Benin plaque depicting a European with matchlock Af1898011512 British Museum c 16th C AD Brass Benin City Nigeria
Following the British occupation of
Benin City (Edo) in 1897 objects
made of brass ivory and wood were
seized by the British force from the
royal quarters and various
storerooms Over 300 brass
plaques were sent to the UK by the
Consul-General [Sir] Ralph Moor and
placed at the Foreign Office
1897Donated by the Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs1898 470 310 90 85 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610492amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af1898011512amppage=1
150 EXH153 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1896-758 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Rev Dr William Sparrow Simpson
Donated by Sir Augustus Wollaston
Franks1896 16 62 58 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=621949amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af1896-758amppage=1
151 EXH154 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1905041331 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria
Donated by the Colonial Government of
South Nigeria1905 20 68 63 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=621480amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af1905041331amppage=1
152 EXH155 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1905041334 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria
Donated by the Colonial Government of
South Nigeria1905 20 63 58 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3100648amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af1905041334amppage=1
153 EXH156 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1905041336 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria
Donated by the Colonial Government of
South Nigeria1905 17 63 62 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3100700amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af1905041336amppage=1
154 EXH157 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1905041339 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria
Donated by the Colonial Government of
South Nigeria1905 16 59 59 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3100696amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af1905041339amppage=1
155 EXH158 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af190905111 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria
Donated by the Crown Agents for the
Colonies1909 15 58 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=621244amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af190905111amppage=1
156 EXH159 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af190905112 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria
Donated by the Crown Agents for the
Colonies1909 17 59 58 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609169amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af190905112amppage=1
EXH
RefImage Dept Description
Inscriptions (if
applicable)Reg number Lender Date Material Technique
place of
creationdiscover
y
Collected byPrevious owner Date of Collection DonorVendor Provenance comments
Date
acquired
by BM
Height Width Depth DiameterWeight
(some
estimated)
Web links to provenancedetailed object information
157 EXH160 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af190905113 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria
Donated by the Crown Agents for the
Colonies1909 17 58 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609168amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af190905113amppage=1
158 EXH161 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af190905114 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria
Donated by the Crown Agents for the
Colonies1909 15 58 59 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609167amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af190905114amppage=1
159 EXH162 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af190905115 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria
Donated by the Crown Agents for the
Colonies1909 16 52 55 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609166amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af190905115amppage=1
160 EXH163 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1920110113 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Donald A MacAlister 1920 TBC 65 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=620492amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af1920110113amppage=1
161 EXH164 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453a British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 15 60 55 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=616669amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453aamppage=1
162 EXH165 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453b British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 20 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609156amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453bamppage=1
163 EXH166 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453d British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 20 55 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609154amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453damppage=1
164 EXH167 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453f British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 20 55 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609152amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453famppage=1
165 EXH168 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453g British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 15 55 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609151amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453gamppage=1
166 EXH169 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453h British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 20 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609150amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453hamppage=1
167 EXH170 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453i British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 15 55 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609149amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453iamppage=1
168 EXH171 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453j British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 15 55 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609148amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453jamppage=1
169 EXH172 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453k British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 20 55 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609147amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453kamppage=1
170 EXH173 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453l British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 15 55 55 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609146amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453lamppage=1
171 EXH174 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19560720 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Charles Partridge Donated by Charles Partridge 1956 15 58 59 50 g
172 EXH175 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19712353b British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Rev J H Slater Donated by J S Slater 1971 TBC 62 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=612410amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af19712353bamppage=1
173 EXH176 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19712353c British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Rev J H Slater Donated by J S Slater 1971 TBC 62 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=612410amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af19712353bamppage=1
174 EXH177 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19712353d British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Rev J H Slater Donated by J S Slater 1971 TBC 62 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=612410amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af19712353bamppage=1
175 EXH178 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19712353e British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Rev J H Slater Donated by J S Slater 1971 TBC 62 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=612410amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af19712353bamppage=1
176 EXH179 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19712353f British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Rev J H Slater Donated by J S Slater 1971 TBC 62 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=612410amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af19712353bamppage=1
177 EXH180 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1979011178 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria unknown pre-1979 17 57 59 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=611267amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
178 EXH181 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1979011179 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria unknown pre-1979 17 57 58 50 g
179 EXH182 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1979011180 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria unknown pre-1979 21 63 56 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=611265amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
180 EXH183 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1979011181 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria unknown pre-1979 18 60 56 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=611264amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
181 EXH184 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1979011242 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria unknown pre-1979 19 60 59 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=611208amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678ampmaterial=19077amppage=1
182 EXH185 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1979011243 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria unknown pre-1979 17 61 59 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=611207amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
183 EXH186 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841953 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 64 56 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610176amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
184 EXH187 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841954 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 63 65 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610175amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
185 EXH188 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841955 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 64 62 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610174amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
186 EXH189 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841956 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 61 59 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610173amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
187 EXH190 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841957 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 63 59 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610172amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
188 EXH191 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841958 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 68 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610171amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
189 EXH192 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841959 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 65 62 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610170amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
190 EXH193 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841960 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610169amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
191 EXH194 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841961 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 64 57 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610168amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
192 EXH195 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841962 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 62 61 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610167amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
193 EXH196 AOA Brass Manilla currency piece Af+7a British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Dr James M Foster 1872 TBC 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=622643amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
194 EXH197 AOA Brass Manilla currency piece Af+7b British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Dr James M Foster 1872 TBC 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=622643amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
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acquired
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(some
estimated)
Web links to provenancedetailed object information
195 EXH198 AOA Brass Manilla currency piece Af+7c British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Dr James M Foster 1872 TBC 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=622643amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
196 EXH199 AOA Brass Manilla currency piece Af+7d British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Dr James M Foster 1872 TBC 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=622643amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
197 EXH200 AOA Brass Manilla currency piece Af+7e British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Dr James M Foster 1872 TBC 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=622643amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
198 EXH201 AOA Brass Manilla currency piece Af+7f British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Dr James M Foster 1872 TBC 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=622643amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
199 EXH202 AOA Brass Manilla currency piece Af+7g British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Dr James M Foster 1872 TBC 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=622643amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
205 EXH203 ASIA Shadow puppet (LEAD - Bima) Content Aria Bima 18591228675 British Museum c1800 AD Painted leather horn Java Indonesia Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles 1811-1816Donated by Rev William Charles Raffles
Flint1859 750 380 361 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=545604amppartId=1ampsearchText=shadow+puppet+aria+bimaamppage=1
206 EXH204 ASIA Shadow puppet (Gunungun) 19390451 British Museum c1800 AD Painted leather horn Java Indonesia Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles 1811-1816 Donated by Mrs JH Drake 1939 935 383 323 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=544233amppartId=1ampmuseumno=As19390451amppage=1
207 EXH205 ASIA Shadow puppet (Hanuman) Content Moryet Anila 18591228542 British Museum c1800 AD Painted leather horn Java Indonesia Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles 1811-1816Donated by Rev William Charles Raffles
Flint1859 712 230 216 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=574739amppartId=1ampmuseumno=As18591228542amppage=1
208 EXH206 ASIA Shadow puppet (Hero)Content Yoyo Langkara of
Bali18591228691 British Museum c1800 AD Painted leather horn Java Indonesia Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles 1811-1816
Donated by Rev William Charles Raffles
Flint1859 600 175 101 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=545469amppartId=1ampmuseumno=As18591228691amppage=1
209 EXH207 ASIA Shadow puppet (woman) 18591228687 British Museum c1800 AD Painted leather horn Java Indonesia Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles 1811-1816Donated by Rev William Charles Raffles
Flint1859 527 145 71 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=545456amppartId=1ampmuseumno=As18591228687+amppage=1
210 EXH208 AOA Sowei mask Af188611261a-b British Museum 1880-1886 Wood raffia fringeSherbro District
Sierra Leone
Collected by Thomas Joshua
Alldridge for display in the Colonial
and Indian Exhibition 1886
1886 Purchased from Thomas Joshua Alldridge 1886
1500
(Mask
430)
540 540 8 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=634670amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af188611261aamppage=1
211 EXH209 AOABrass cast of Maori mere club engraved with Sir
Joseph Banks coat of arms
Content Jos Banks Esq
above and 1772 below
inscribed coat of arms
(shield divided by a cross
with a fleur-de-lis in each
corner)
Oc193602061 British Museum 1772 AD BrassMade in London
EnglandComissioned by Sir Joseph Banks 1772 Donated by Harry Geoffrey Beasley 1936 365 100 38 4 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=497632amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Oc193602061amppage=1
212 EXH210 AOA Hawaiian basket helmet Oc1980Q992 British Museum 18th C AD Olona fibre Hawaii USAPossibly acquired from George Goodman
Hewett1980 300 155 265 500 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=489833amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Oc1980Q992amppage=1
213 EXH211 AOA Metis frock coat Am195405965 British Museumc 1800-
1900 AD
Mooseskin (Alces alces) claw
(Odocoileus virinianus)
horsehair otter hair porcupine
quill (Erethizon dorsatum) paint
Canada
Purchased at auction (1925)
possibly from Sophia Lade Lampson
(unconfirmed)
Brought into Wellcome Collection
(1933)
Donated by the Wellcome Institute for the
History of Medicine1954 1300 1500 300 12 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=526467amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Am195405965amppage=1
214 EXH212 ASIAJade bi ancient collared disc with later (1790)
Chinese engraving by the Qianlong Emperor
Full details and prose-
format paraphrase by
Stephen D Allee (2010)
included on BMorg
catalogue Chinese poem
inscribed by the Qianlong
Emperor
19370416140 British Museum
c1200 BC
(1790 AD
inscription)
Jade China Imperial Qianlong Collection 1790 Purchased from George Eumorfopoulos 1937 10 155 300 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=258946amppartId=1ampmuseumno=19370416140amppage=1
Section 9 The World of Our Making (AD 1800 - Today)
215 EXH213 BEP Ships chronometer from HMS Beagle
Content LONDON
No2853
Thos Earnshaw
INVT ET FECIT
No509
ONE DAY
195810061957 British Museumc1795-1805
ADBrass steel mahogany London England UK Courtenay Adrian Ilbert Donated by Gilbert Edgar
Purchased from the beneficiaries of the
Ilbert Estate via generous donation of
funds from Gilbert Edgar CBE public
donations and government funds
1958 176 208 208 3 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=55372amppartId=1ampmuseumno=195810061957amppage=1
216 EXH214 CM Colonial Bank note from Mauritius 19840605629 British Museum AD 1839 PaperIssued in Mauritius
printed in LondonPurchased from William LS Barrett 1984 126 195 20 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1108595amppartId=1ampmuseumno=19840605629amppage=1
217 EXH215 BEPEarly Victorian tea set (teapot sugar bowl milk
jug)
gtBase of Milk Jug
Content WEDGWOOD
gtMounts of Teapot and Jug
Content hallmark for 1839-
1840 and makers mark IF
(probably for John Figg)
gtMount of Sugar Bowl
Content hallmark for 1843
makers mark WC (possibly
for William Cooper)
gtSugar Bowl
Content WEDGWOOD
ETRURIA
19091201108 British Museumc 1840-
1845 ADUnglazed stoneware silver
Stoke-on-Trent
Staffordshire
England UK
Reputedly owned by Adelaide of
Saxe-Coburg Meiningen (Queen of
William IV)
Donated by Isaac Falcke and Mrs Mary
Anne Falcke1909
145
84
120
174
138
107
85
110
80
400 g
234 g
202 g
httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=81729amppartId=1ampmuseumno=19091201108amppage=1
218 EXH216 ASIAKatsushika Hokusai Illustrated manga (14 book
set)1979030504281-14 British Museum
c 1814-
1878 ADPaper Japan Jack Hillier Purchased from Jack Hillier 1979 2 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3358009amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1979030504281amppage=1
219 EXH217 CMUS Election badge Seymour Blair campaign
badge
H SEYMOUR FOR
PRESIDENT 1868
reverse F P BLAIR FOR
VICE-PRESIDENT 1868
190611033761 British Museum 1868 AD Iron USA Donated by Dr Frederick Parkes Weber 1906 28 44 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1216615amppartId=1ampmuseumno=190611033761amppage=1
220 EXH218 CMEisenhower hologram (US Election badge group
display of 8 badges)I LIKE IKE 1964111714 British Museum 1952 - 6 Plastic metal USA Donated by WW Woodside 1964 63 5 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3528179amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1964111714amppage=1
221 EXH219 CMNixon Lodge (US Election badge group display of 8
badges)
IM FOR NIXON and
LODGE1964111716 British Museum 1960 Plastic metal USA Donated by WW Woodside 1964 23 5 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3528382amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1964111716amppage=1
222 EXH220 CMJimmy Carter for President (US Election badge
group display of 8 badges)
JIMMY CARTER FOR
PRESIDENT198711357 British Museum 1976 Plastic metal USA
Donated by the British-American Arts
Asscoaition Ltd1987 31 5 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3528319amppartId=1ampmuseumno=198711357amppage=1
223 EXH221 CMReagan with stars (US Election badge group
display of 8 badges)REAGAN 80 1987113517 British Museum 1980 Plastic metal USA
Donated by the British-American Arts
Asscoaition Ltd1987 56 5 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3528287amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1987113517amppage=1
224 EXH222 CMKeep America Strong (US Election badge group
display of 8 badges)
REAGAN KEEP AMERICA
STRONG19871135117 British Museum 1984 Plastic metal USA
Donated by the British-American Arts
Asscoaition Ltd1987 88 5 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3528248amppartId=1ampmuseumno=19871135117amppage=1
225 EXH223 CMDump Reagan in rsquo84 (US Election badge group
display of 8 badges)DUMP REAGAN in 84 19871135167 British Museum 1984 Plastic metal USA
Donated by the British-American Arts
Asscoaition Ltd1987 57 5 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3528493amppartId=1ampmuseumno=19871135167amppage=1
226 EXH224 CMShit Happened (US Election badge group display of
8 badges)SHIT HAPPENED 199406097 British Museum c 1993 Plastic metal USA Anonymous donation 1994 44 5 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3607482amppartId=1ampmuseumno=199406097amppage=1
227 EXH225 BEPRussian revolutionary Victory of the Workers
plate
Russian Obverse Content
The victory of the workers
October 1917
Reverse Content 1920
198112082 British Museum AD 1919 Ceramic
State Porcelain
Factory St
Petersburg Russia
Purchased from Dan Klein Ltd 1981 40 235 750 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=4140amppartId=1ampmuseumno=198112082amppage=1
228 EXH226 PD Hockneyrsquos In the Dull Village 1981121288 British Museum 1966 AD Paper England Purchased from Sam Fogg 1981 35 225 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=4502amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1981121288amppage=1
229 EXH227 MEWoven Afghan war rug with Russian soldiers
depicted as white Divs2010601312 British Museum 1980 - 1989 Wool woven Afghanistan Donated by Graham Gower
Part of a collection donated on 4 April 2010
when they were placed on deposit (Deposit
no 789)
2010 1580 1010 5 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3316855amppartId=1ampmuseumno=201060131225u00a025u00a025u00a0+amppage=1
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creationdiscover
y
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Date
acquired
by BM
Height Width Depth DiameterWeight
(some
estimated)
Web links to provenancedetailed object information
230 EXH228 AOAWahgi shield from Papua New Guinea South
Pacific Export LagerOc1990094 British Museum
c 1990-
2000 AD
Painted wood metal rubber
fibre
Wahgi Valley Papua
New GuineaDr Michael David Peter OHanlon
Purchased by Dr Michael David Peter
OHanlon for the British Museum
Purchased with contribution from British
Museum society (later Friends)1990 1525 610 120 55 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=485183amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Oc1990094amppage=1
231 EXH229 AOA Wahgi shield from Papua New Guinea SIX 2 SIX Oc19900919 British Museumc 1990-
2000 AD
Painted wood plastic metal
textile fibre
Wahgi Valley Papua
New GuineaDr Michael David Peter OHanlon
Purchased by Dr Michael David Peter
OHanlon for the British Museum
Purchased with contribution from British
Museum society (later Friends)1990 1520 500 130 8 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=485168amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Oc19900919amppage=1
232 EXH230 AOAWahgi shield from Papua New Guinea coloured
triangle motifsOc1990098 British Museum
c 1990-
2000 ADPaimted wood metal fibre
Wahgi Valley Papua
New GuineaDr Michael David Peter OHanlon
Purchased by Dr Michael David Peter
OHanlon for the British Museum
Purchased with contribution from British
Museum society (later Friends)1990 1525 610 80 55 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=485179amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Oc1990098amppage=1
233 EXH231 AOAFiel dos Santos Mother sculpture made of
decommissioned firearms201120261 British Museum 2011 AD Metal plastic bone wood Maputo Mozambique Fiel dos Santos 2011 Purchased from Fiel dos Santos 2011 1020 300 290 520 3 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3373333amppartId=1ampmuseumno=201120261amppage=1
234 EXH232 CM Plastic VISA Credit card 200941282 British Museum 2009 AD Plastic Dubai UAEDonated by Hong Kong amp Shanghai
Banking Corporation2009 45 85 20 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3230700amppartId=1ampmuseumno=200941282amppage=1
235 EXH233 AOA Counterfeit Football shirt - DrogbaContent DROGBA 11
SAMSUNG201020485 British Museum 2010 AD Synthetic fibres
Made in Indonesia
Purchased in Peru
Purchased for the British Museum through
JD Hill2010 800 700 50 500 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3579006amppartId=1ampmuseumno=201020485amppage=1
236 EXH234 ASIAGreen plastic solar-powered lamp with solar panel
and charger201020481 British Museum 2010 AD Plastic China Ashden Donated by Neil MacGregor 2010
Lamp
148
Panel
160
Lamp 127
Panel 180
Lamp 140
Panel 451 kg
httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3595888amppartId=1ampmuseumno=201020481amppage=1
httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3595888amppartId=1ampmuseumno=201020481amppage=1
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creationdiscover
y
Collected byPrevious owner Date of Collection DonorVendor Provenance comments
Date
acquired
by BM
Height Width Depth DiameterWeight
(some
estimated)
Web links to provenancedetailed object information
133 EXH132 ASIAJapanese lotus stoneware dish inspired by Korean
Buncheong stonewareFranks1945 British Museum
c AD 1670-
1750 Glazed stoneware Japan
Donated by Sir Augustus Wollaston
Franks1870s 83 235 218 750 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=774771amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Franks1945amppage=1
134 EXH133 ME Iznik polychrome dish with floral designs G142 British Museumc 1570-
1580 ADGlazed ceramic Iznik Turkey Frederick Du Cane Goodman Bequeathed by Miss Edith Goodman 1983 70 350 15 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=215441amppartId=1ampmuseumno=G142amppage=1
135 EXH134 ME Iznik Golden Horn blue and white dish 188706179 British Museumc 1530-
1540 ADCeramic Iznik Turkey Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks 1887 60 331 15 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=239015amppartId=1ampmuseumno=188706179amppage=1
136 EXH135 ME Iznik Damascus style jar 18781230513 British Museumc 1540-
1560 ADCeramic Iznik Turkey John Henderson Bequeathed by John Henderson 1878 330 285 15 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=239219amppartId=1ampmuseumno=18781230513amppage =1
137 EXH136 BEP Hebrew astrolabe 189306163 British Museum1345-1355
ADBrass Spain Freacutedeacuteric Spitzer
Purchased through Rollin amp Feuardent
probably at the Chevallier amp Mannheim
Auction Paris
1893 111 914 156 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=54859amppartId=1ampmuseumno=189306163amppage=1
139 EXH137 PD Albrecht Durer Rhinoceros woodcut printSigned dated titled on
block by artist18950122715 British Museum 1515 AD Paper Nuremberg Germany Donated by William Mitchell 1895 241 301 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1342337amppartId=1ampmuseumno=18950122715amppag e=1
Section 8 Encounters and Connections (AD 1500 - 1800)
140 EXH138 BEP Circumnavigation medal - silver 1891090512 British Museum 1589 AD Silver England UK Donated by Sir Augustus Wollaston
Franks1891 1 68 20 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=51848amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1891090512amppage=1
141 EXH139 CM Circumnavigation medal - electrotype CME892 British Museum20th21st C
ADElectrotype UK Unknown Purchased through Christies 1967 1 66 194 g
142 EXH140 CM Piece of Eight silver coin C339 British Museum 1618 AD Silver Spain Unknown Unknown
probably acquired before the British
Museums current registration system was
created in the late 1830s
pre-1970 42 209 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1030863amppartId=1ampmuseumno=C339amppage=1
143 EXH141 CM Piece of Eight silver coin 1995020539 British Museum1598-1621
ADSilver Potosi Bolivia Unknown
Acquired through HM Treasury (Treasure
Trove)1995 42 269 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3466647amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1995020539amppage =1
144 EXH142 CM Piece of Eight silver coin 1995020540 British Museum1598-1621
ADSilver Mexico Unknown
Acquired through HM Treasury (Treasure
Trove)1995 41 27 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3466649amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1995020540amppage =1
145 EXH143 CM Piece of Eight silver coin 1995020541 British Museum1598-1621
ADSilver Mexico Unknown
Acquired through HM Treasury (Treasure
Trove)1995 40 239 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3466648amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1995020541amppage=1
146 EXH144 ASIA Kakiemon porcelain elephant 198003251 British Museummid-late 17th
C ADPorcelain
Arita Saga
Prefecture JapanPurchased from Lady Garner 1980 350 435 140 2 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=766883amppartId=1ampsearchText=kakiemon+elephantsamppage=1
147 EXH145 BEP Carved figure of Christ 195710081 British Museum1600-1700
ADIvory wood Goa India Purchased from Messers Delahar 1957 264 120 90 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=78233amppartId=1ampmuseumno=195710081amppage=1
148 EXH146 ME Shia religious parade standard
Arabic Transliteration
Jaha Allah Muhammad
Ali Fatima al-Hasan al-
Husain Ali Muhammad
Jafar Musa Ali
Muhammad Ali al-Hasan
Ali Allah
Translation God is great
(followed by thirteen of the
fourteen Immaculate ones
listed in order The 12th
imam is not mentioned and
the last roundel contains the
names of Ali and Allah)
1888090116 British Museum 1650-1700 Gilded brass IranDonated by Sir Augustus Wollaston
Franks1888 1280 270 50 2 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=218072amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1888090116amppage=1
149 EXH147 ME Mughal miniature painting of Prince visiting holy
man with attendants1920091704 British Museum c 1610 Paper India Stowe House Transferred from British Library 1920
254
(sheet)
219
(image)
142
(sheet)
104
(image)
1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=232044amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1920091704amppage=1
200 EXH148 PD
Anonymous woodcut print Goumlttlicher
Schrifftmessiger woldenckwuumlrdiger Traum a
broadside on the centenary of the German
Reformation
Signed with S S S 18800710299 British Museum 1617 AD Paper Leipzig Germany Unknown 1880 284 347 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1434936amppartId=1ampmuseumno=18800710299amppage=1
201 EXH149 BEPCameo showing Omphale with diamonds and
rubies189907182 British Museum c 16th C AD Onyx gold diamond ruby Italy
Formerly in the Piccolomini Cabinet
in Rome given by Charles V HRE
to Clemenet VII who presented to
the Piccolomini family Subsequently
in the Medina and Bessborough
collections
Purchased from Rollin amp Feuardent 1899 60 45 10 523 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=38848amppartId=1ampmuseumno=189907182amppage=1
202 EXH150 AOA Benin plaque depicting The Oba with Europeans Af1898011523 British Museum c 16th C AD Brass Benin City Nigeria
Following the British occupation of
Benin City (Edo) in 1897 objects
made of brass ivory and wood were
seized by the British force from the
royal quarters and various
storerooms Over 300 brass
plaques were sent to the UK by the
Consul-General [Sir] Ralph Moor and
placed at the Foreign Office
1897Donated by the Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs1898 435 410 107 15 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610486amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af1898011523amppage=1
203 EXH151 AOA Benin plaque depicting a European Af1898011510 British Museum c 16th C AD Brass Benin City Nigeria
Following the British occupation of
Benin City (Edo) in 1897 objects
made of brass ivory and wood were
seized by the British force from the
royal quarters and various
storerooms Over 300 brass
plaques were sent to the UK by the
Consul-General [Sir] Ralph Moor and
placed at the Foreign Office
1897Donated by the Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs1898 464 312 52 8 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610494amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af1898011510amppage=1
204 EXH152 AOA Benin plaque depicting a European with matchlock Af1898011512 British Museum c 16th C AD Brass Benin City Nigeria
Following the British occupation of
Benin City (Edo) in 1897 objects
made of brass ivory and wood were
seized by the British force from the
royal quarters and various
storerooms Over 300 brass
plaques were sent to the UK by the
Consul-General [Sir] Ralph Moor and
placed at the Foreign Office
1897Donated by the Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs1898 470 310 90 85 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610492amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af1898011512amppage=1
150 EXH153 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1896-758 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Rev Dr William Sparrow Simpson
Donated by Sir Augustus Wollaston
Franks1896 16 62 58 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=621949amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af1896-758amppage=1
151 EXH154 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1905041331 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria
Donated by the Colonial Government of
South Nigeria1905 20 68 63 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=621480amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af1905041331amppage=1
152 EXH155 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1905041334 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria
Donated by the Colonial Government of
South Nigeria1905 20 63 58 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3100648amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af1905041334amppage=1
153 EXH156 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1905041336 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria
Donated by the Colonial Government of
South Nigeria1905 17 63 62 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3100700amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af1905041336amppage=1
154 EXH157 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1905041339 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria
Donated by the Colonial Government of
South Nigeria1905 16 59 59 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3100696amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af1905041339amppage=1
155 EXH158 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af190905111 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria
Donated by the Crown Agents for the
Colonies1909 15 58 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=621244amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af190905111amppage=1
156 EXH159 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af190905112 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria
Donated by the Crown Agents for the
Colonies1909 17 59 58 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609169amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af190905112amppage=1
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y
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Date
acquired
by BM
Height Width Depth DiameterWeight
(some
estimated)
Web links to provenancedetailed object information
157 EXH160 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af190905113 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria
Donated by the Crown Agents for the
Colonies1909 17 58 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609168amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af190905113amppage=1
158 EXH161 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af190905114 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria
Donated by the Crown Agents for the
Colonies1909 15 58 59 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609167amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af190905114amppage=1
159 EXH162 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af190905115 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria
Donated by the Crown Agents for the
Colonies1909 16 52 55 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609166amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af190905115amppage=1
160 EXH163 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1920110113 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Donald A MacAlister 1920 TBC 65 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=620492amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af1920110113amppage=1
161 EXH164 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453a British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 15 60 55 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=616669amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453aamppage=1
162 EXH165 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453b British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 20 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609156amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453bamppage=1
163 EXH166 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453d British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 20 55 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609154amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453damppage=1
164 EXH167 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453f British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 20 55 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609152amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453famppage=1
165 EXH168 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453g British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 15 55 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609151amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453gamppage=1
166 EXH169 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453h British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 20 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609150amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453hamppage=1
167 EXH170 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453i British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 15 55 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609149amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453iamppage=1
168 EXH171 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453j British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 15 55 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609148amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453jamppage=1
169 EXH172 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453k British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 20 55 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609147amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453kamppage=1
170 EXH173 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453l British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 15 55 55 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609146amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453lamppage=1
171 EXH174 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19560720 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Charles Partridge Donated by Charles Partridge 1956 15 58 59 50 g
172 EXH175 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19712353b British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Rev J H Slater Donated by J S Slater 1971 TBC 62 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=612410amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af19712353bamppage=1
173 EXH176 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19712353c British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Rev J H Slater Donated by J S Slater 1971 TBC 62 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=612410amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af19712353bamppage=1
174 EXH177 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19712353d British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Rev J H Slater Donated by J S Slater 1971 TBC 62 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=612410amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af19712353bamppage=1
175 EXH178 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19712353e British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Rev J H Slater Donated by J S Slater 1971 TBC 62 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=612410amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af19712353bamppage=1
176 EXH179 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19712353f British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Rev J H Slater Donated by J S Slater 1971 TBC 62 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=612410amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af19712353bamppage=1
177 EXH180 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1979011178 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria unknown pre-1979 17 57 59 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=611267amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
178 EXH181 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1979011179 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria unknown pre-1979 17 57 58 50 g
179 EXH182 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1979011180 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria unknown pre-1979 21 63 56 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=611265amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
180 EXH183 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1979011181 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria unknown pre-1979 18 60 56 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=611264amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
181 EXH184 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1979011242 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria unknown pre-1979 19 60 59 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=611208amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678ampmaterial=19077amppage=1
182 EXH185 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1979011243 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria unknown pre-1979 17 61 59 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=611207amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
183 EXH186 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841953 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 64 56 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610176amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
184 EXH187 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841954 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 63 65 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610175amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
185 EXH188 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841955 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 64 62 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610174amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
186 EXH189 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841956 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 61 59 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610173amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
187 EXH190 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841957 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 63 59 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610172amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
188 EXH191 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841958 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 68 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610171amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
189 EXH192 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841959 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 65 62 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610170amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
190 EXH193 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841960 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610169amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
191 EXH194 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841961 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 64 57 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610168amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
192 EXH195 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841962 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 62 61 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610167amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
193 EXH196 AOA Brass Manilla currency piece Af+7a British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Dr James M Foster 1872 TBC 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=622643amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
194 EXH197 AOA Brass Manilla currency piece Af+7b British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Dr James M Foster 1872 TBC 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=622643amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
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Inscriptions (if
applicable)Reg number Lender Date Material Technique
place of
creationdiscover
y
Collected byPrevious owner Date of Collection DonorVendor Provenance comments
Date
acquired
by BM
Height Width Depth DiameterWeight
(some
estimated)
Web links to provenancedetailed object information
195 EXH198 AOA Brass Manilla currency piece Af+7c British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Dr James M Foster 1872 TBC 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=622643amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
196 EXH199 AOA Brass Manilla currency piece Af+7d British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Dr James M Foster 1872 TBC 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=622643amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
197 EXH200 AOA Brass Manilla currency piece Af+7e British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Dr James M Foster 1872 TBC 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=622643amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
198 EXH201 AOA Brass Manilla currency piece Af+7f British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Dr James M Foster 1872 TBC 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=622643amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
199 EXH202 AOA Brass Manilla currency piece Af+7g British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Dr James M Foster 1872 TBC 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=622643amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
205 EXH203 ASIA Shadow puppet (LEAD - Bima) Content Aria Bima 18591228675 British Museum c1800 AD Painted leather horn Java Indonesia Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles 1811-1816Donated by Rev William Charles Raffles
Flint1859 750 380 361 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=545604amppartId=1ampsearchText=shadow+puppet+aria+bimaamppage=1
206 EXH204 ASIA Shadow puppet (Gunungun) 19390451 British Museum c1800 AD Painted leather horn Java Indonesia Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles 1811-1816 Donated by Mrs JH Drake 1939 935 383 323 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=544233amppartId=1ampmuseumno=As19390451amppage=1
207 EXH205 ASIA Shadow puppet (Hanuman) Content Moryet Anila 18591228542 British Museum c1800 AD Painted leather horn Java Indonesia Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles 1811-1816Donated by Rev William Charles Raffles
Flint1859 712 230 216 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=574739amppartId=1ampmuseumno=As18591228542amppage=1
208 EXH206 ASIA Shadow puppet (Hero)Content Yoyo Langkara of
Bali18591228691 British Museum c1800 AD Painted leather horn Java Indonesia Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles 1811-1816
Donated by Rev William Charles Raffles
Flint1859 600 175 101 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=545469amppartId=1ampmuseumno=As18591228691amppage=1
209 EXH207 ASIA Shadow puppet (woman) 18591228687 British Museum c1800 AD Painted leather horn Java Indonesia Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles 1811-1816Donated by Rev William Charles Raffles
Flint1859 527 145 71 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=545456amppartId=1ampmuseumno=As18591228687+amppage=1
210 EXH208 AOA Sowei mask Af188611261a-b British Museum 1880-1886 Wood raffia fringeSherbro District
Sierra Leone
Collected by Thomas Joshua
Alldridge for display in the Colonial
and Indian Exhibition 1886
1886 Purchased from Thomas Joshua Alldridge 1886
1500
(Mask
430)
540 540 8 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=634670amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af188611261aamppage=1
211 EXH209 AOABrass cast of Maori mere club engraved with Sir
Joseph Banks coat of arms
Content Jos Banks Esq
above and 1772 below
inscribed coat of arms
(shield divided by a cross
with a fleur-de-lis in each
corner)
Oc193602061 British Museum 1772 AD BrassMade in London
EnglandComissioned by Sir Joseph Banks 1772 Donated by Harry Geoffrey Beasley 1936 365 100 38 4 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=497632amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Oc193602061amppage=1
212 EXH210 AOA Hawaiian basket helmet Oc1980Q992 British Museum 18th C AD Olona fibre Hawaii USAPossibly acquired from George Goodman
Hewett1980 300 155 265 500 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=489833amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Oc1980Q992amppage=1
213 EXH211 AOA Metis frock coat Am195405965 British Museumc 1800-
1900 AD
Mooseskin (Alces alces) claw
(Odocoileus virinianus)
horsehair otter hair porcupine
quill (Erethizon dorsatum) paint
Canada
Purchased at auction (1925)
possibly from Sophia Lade Lampson
(unconfirmed)
Brought into Wellcome Collection
(1933)
Donated by the Wellcome Institute for the
History of Medicine1954 1300 1500 300 12 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=526467amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Am195405965amppage=1
214 EXH212 ASIAJade bi ancient collared disc with later (1790)
Chinese engraving by the Qianlong Emperor
Full details and prose-
format paraphrase by
Stephen D Allee (2010)
included on BMorg
catalogue Chinese poem
inscribed by the Qianlong
Emperor
19370416140 British Museum
c1200 BC
(1790 AD
inscription)
Jade China Imperial Qianlong Collection 1790 Purchased from George Eumorfopoulos 1937 10 155 300 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=258946amppartId=1ampmuseumno=19370416140amppage=1
Section 9 The World of Our Making (AD 1800 - Today)
215 EXH213 BEP Ships chronometer from HMS Beagle
Content LONDON
No2853
Thos Earnshaw
INVT ET FECIT
No509
ONE DAY
195810061957 British Museumc1795-1805
ADBrass steel mahogany London England UK Courtenay Adrian Ilbert Donated by Gilbert Edgar
Purchased from the beneficiaries of the
Ilbert Estate via generous donation of
funds from Gilbert Edgar CBE public
donations and government funds
1958 176 208 208 3 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=55372amppartId=1ampmuseumno=195810061957amppage=1
216 EXH214 CM Colonial Bank note from Mauritius 19840605629 British Museum AD 1839 PaperIssued in Mauritius
printed in LondonPurchased from William LS Barrett 1984 126 195 20 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1108595amppartId=1ampmuseumno=19840605629amppage=1
217 EXH215 BEPEarly Victorian tea set (teapot sugar bowl milk
jug)
gtBase of Milk Jug
Content WEDGWOOD
gtMounts of Teapot and Jug
Content hallmark for 1839-
1840 and makers mark IF
(probably for John Figg)
gtMount of Sugar Bowl
Content hallmark for 1843
makers mark WC (possibly
for William Cooper)
gtSugar Bowl
Content WEDGWOOD
ETRURIA
19091201108 British Museumc 1840-
1845 ADUnglazed stoneware silver
Stoke-on-Trent
Staffordshire
England UK
Reputedly owned by Adelaide of
Saxe-Coburg Meiningen (Queen of
William IV)
Donated by Isaac Falcke and Mrs Mary
Anne Falcke1909
145
84
120
174
138
107
85
110
80
400 g
234 g
202 g
httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=81729amppartId=1ampmuseumno=19091201108amppage=1
218 EXH216 ASIAKatsushika Hokusai Illustrated manga (14 book
set)1979030504281-14 British Museum
c 1814-
1878 ADPaper Japan Jack Hillier Purchased from Jack Hillier 1979 2 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3358009amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1979030504281amppage=1
219 EXH217 CMUS Election badge Seymour Blair campaign
badge
H SEYMOUR FOR
PRESIDENT 1868
reverse F P BLAIR FOR
VICE-PRESIDENT 1868
190611033761 British Museum 1868 AD Iron USA Donated by Dr Frederick Parkes Weber 1906 28 44 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1216615amppartId=1ampmuseumno=190611033761amppage=1
220 EXH218 CMEisenhower hologram (US Election badge group
display of 8 badges)I LIKE IKE 1964111714 British Museum 1952 - 6 Plastic metal USA Donated by WW Woodside 1964 63 5 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3528179amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1964111714amppage=1
221 EXH219 CMNixon Lodge (US Election badge group display of 8
badges)
IM FOR NIXON and
LODGE1964111716 British Museum 1960 Plastic metal USA Donated by WW Woodside 1964 23 5 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3528382amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1964111716amppage=1
222 EXH220 CMJimmy Carter for President (US Election badge
group display of 8 badges)
JIMMY CARTER FOR
PRESIDENT198711357 British Museum 1976 Plastic metal USA
Donated by the British-American Arts
Asscoaition Ltd1987 31 5 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3528319amppartId=1ampmuseumno=198711357amppage=1
223 EXH221 CMReagan with stars (US Election badge group
display of 8 badges)REAGAN 80 1987113517 British Museum 1980 Plastic metal USA
Donated by the British-American Arts
Asscoaition Ltd1987 56 5 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3528287amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1987113517amppage=1
224 EXH222 CMKeep America Strong (US Election badge group
display of 8 badges)
REAGAN KEEP AMERICA
STRONG19871135117 British Museum 1984 Plastic metal USA
Donated by the British-American Arts
Asscoaition Ltd1987 88 5 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3528248amppartId=1ampmuseumno=19871135117amppage=1
225 EXH223 CMDump Reagan in rsquo84 (US Election badge group
display of 8 badges)DUMP REAGAN in 84 19871135167 British Museum 1984 Plastic metal USA
Donated by the British-American Arts
Asscoaition Ltd1987 57 5 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3528493amppartId=1ampmuseumno=19871135167amppage=1
226 EXH224 CMShit Happened (US Election badge group display of
8 badges)SHIT HAPPENED 199406097 British Museum c 1993 Plastic metal USA Anonymous donation 1994 44 5 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3607482amppartId=1ampmuseumno=199406097amppage=1
227 EXH225 BEPRussian revolutionary Victory of the Workers
plate
Russian Obverse Content
The victory of the workers
October 1917
Reverse Content 1920
198112082 British Museum AD 1919 Ceramic
State Porcelain
Factory St
Petersburg Russia
Purchased from Dan Klein Ltd 1981 40 235 750 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=4140amppartId=1ampmuseumno=198112082amppage=1
228 EXH226 PD Hockneyrsquos In the Dull Village 1981121288 British Museum 1966 AD Paper England Purchased from Sam Fogg 1981 35 225 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=4502amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1981121288amppage=1
229 EXH227 MEWoven Afghan war rug with Russian soldiers
depicted as white Divs2010601312 British Museum 1980 - 1989 Wool woven Afghanistan Donated by Graham Gower
Part of a collection donated on 4 April 2010
when they were placed on deposit (Deposit
no 789)
2010 1580 1010 5 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3316855amppartId=1ampmuseumno=201060131225u00a025u00a025u00a0+amppage=1
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Inscriptions (if
applicable)Reg number Lender Date Material Technique
place of
creationdiscover
y
Collected byPrevious owner Date of Collection DonorVendor Provenance comments
Date
acquired
by BM
Height Width Depth DiameterWeight
(some
estimated)
Web links to provenancedetailed object information
230 EXH228 AOAWahgi shield from Papua New Guinea South
Pacific Export LagerOc1990094 British Museum
c 1990-
2000 AD
Painted wood metal rubber
fibre
Wahgi Valley Papua
New GuineaDr Michael David Peter OHanlon
Purchased by Dr Michael David Peter
OHanlon for the British Museum
Purchased with contribution from British
Museum society (later Friends)1990 1525 610 120 55 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=485183amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Oc1990094amppage=1
231 EXH229 AOA Wahgi shield from Papua New Guinea SIX 2 SIX Oc19900919 British Museumc 1990-
2000 AD
Painted wood plastic metal
textile fibre
Wahgi Valley Papua
New GuineaDr Michael David Peter OHanlon
Purchased by Dr Michael David Peter
OHanlon for the British Museum
Purchased with contribution from British
Museum society (later Friends)1990 1520 500 130 8 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=485168amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Oc19900919amppage=1
232 EXH230 AOAWahgi shield from Papua New Guinea coloured
triangle motifsOc1990098 British Museum
c 1990-
2000 ADPaimted wood metal fibre
Wahgi Valley Papua
New GuineaDr Michael David Peter OHanlon
Purchased by Dr Michael David Peter
OHanlon for the British Museum
Purchased with contribution from British
Museum society (later Friends)1990 1525 610 80 55 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=485179amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Oc1990098amppage=1
233 EXH231 AOAFiel dos Santos Mother sculpture made of
decommissioned firearms201120261 British Museum 2011 AD Metal plastic bone wood Maputo Mozambique Fiel dos Santos 2011 Purchased from Fiel dos Santos 2011 1020 300 290 520 3 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3373333amppartId=1ampmuseumno=201120261amppage=1
234 EXH232 CM Plastic VISA Credit card 200941282 British Museum 2009 AD Plastic Dubai UAEDonated by Hong Kong amp Shanghai
Banking Corporation2009 45 85 20 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3230700amppartId=1ampmuseumno=200941282amppage=1
235 EXH233 AOA Counterfeit Football shirt - DrogbaContent DROGBA 11
SAMSUNG201020485 British Museum 2010 AD Synthetic fibres
Made in Indonesia
Purchased in Peru
Purchased for the British Museum through
JD Hill2010 800 700 50 500 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3579006amppartId=1ampmuseumno=201020485amppage=1
236 EXH234 ASIAGreen plastic solar-powered lamp with solar panel
and charger201020481 British Museum 2010 AD Plastic China Ashden Donated by Neil MacGregor 2010
Lamp
148
Panel
160
Lamp 127
Panel 180
Lamp 140
Panel 451 kg
httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3595888amppartId=1ampmuseumno=201020481amppage=1
httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3595888amppartId=1ampmuseumno=201020481amppage=1
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creationdiscover
y
Collected byPrevious owner Date of Collection DonorVendor Provenance comments
Date
acquired
by BM
Height Width Depth DiameterWeight
(some
estimated)
Web links to provenancedetailed object information
157 EXH160 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af190905113 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria
Donated by the Crown Agents for the
Colonies1909 17 58 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609168amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af190905113amppage=1
158 EXH161 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af190905114 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria
Donated by the Crown Agents for the
Colonies1909 15 58 59 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609167amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af190905114amppage=1
159 EXH162 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af190905115 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria
Donated by the Crown Agents for the
Colonies1909 16 52 55 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609166amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af190905115amppage=1
160 EXH163 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1920110113 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Donald A MacAlister 1920 TBC 65 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=620492amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af1920110113amppage=1
161 EXH164 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453a British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 15 60 55 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=616669amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453aamppage=1
162 EXH165 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453b British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 20 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609156amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453bamppage=1
163 EXH166 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453d British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 20 55 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609154amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453damppage=1
164 EXH167 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453f British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 20 55 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609152amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453famppage=1
165 EXH168 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453g British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 15 55 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609151amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453gamppage=1
166 EXH169 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453h British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 20 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609150amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453hamppage=1
167 EXH170 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453i British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 15 55 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609149amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453iamppage=1
168 EXH171 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453j British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 15 55 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609148amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453jamppage=1
169 EXH172 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453k British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 20 55 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609147amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453kamppage=1
170 EXH173 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af195045453l British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Percy Amaury Talbot 1950 15 55 55 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=609146amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af195045453lamppage=1
171 EXH174 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19560720 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Charles Partridge Donated by Charles Partridge 1956 15 58 59 50 g
172 EXH175 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19712353b British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Rev J H Slater Donated by J S Slater 1971 TBC 62 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=612410amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af19712353bamppage=1
173 EXH176 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19712353c British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Rev J H Slater Donated by J S Slater 1971 TBC 62 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=612410amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af19712353bamppage=1
174 EXH177 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19712353d British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Rev J H Slater Donated by J S Slater 1971 TBC 62 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=612410amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af19712353bamppage=1
175 EXH178 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19712353e British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Rev J H Slater Donated by J S Slater 1971 TBC 62 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=612410amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af19712353bamppage=1
176 EXH179 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19712353f British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Rev J H Slater Donated by J S Slater 1971 TBC 62 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=612410amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af19712353bamppage=1
177 EXH180 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1979011178 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria unknown pre-1979 17 57 59 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=611267amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
178 EXH181 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1979011179 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria unknown pre-1979 17 57 58 50 g
179 EXH182 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1979011180 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria unknown pre-1979 21 63 56 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=611265amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
180 EXH183 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1979011181 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria unknown pre-1979 18 60 56 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=611264amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
181 EXH184 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1979011242 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria unknown pre-1979 19 60 59 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=611208amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678ampmaterial=19077amppage=1
182 EXH185 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af1979011243 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria unknown pre-1979 17 61 59 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=611207amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
183 EXH186 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841953 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 64 56 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610176amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
184 EXH187 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841954 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 63 65 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610175amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
185 EXH188 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841955 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 64 62 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610174amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
186 EXH189 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841956 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 61 59 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610173amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
187 EXH190 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841957 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 63 59 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610172amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
188 EXH191 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841958 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 68 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610171amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
189 EXH192 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841959 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 65 62 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610170amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
190 EXH193 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841960 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610169amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
191 EXH194 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841961 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 64 57 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610168amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
192 EXH195 AOA Brass manilla currency piece Af19841962 British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Maurice Cockin
Purchased from Mrs Celia Barclay
(collectors daughter)1984 TBC 62 61 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=610167amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
193 EXH196 AOA Brass Manilla currency piece Af+7a British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Dr James M Foster 1872 TBC 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=622643amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
194 EXH197 AOA Brass Manilla currency piece Af+7b British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Dr James M Foster 1872 TBC 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=622643amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
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place of
creationdiscover
y
Collected byPrevious owner Date of Collection DonorVendor Provenance comments
Date
acquired
by BM
Height Width Depth DiameterWeight
(some
estimated)
Web links to provenancedetailed object information
195 EXH198 AOA Brass Manilla currency piece Af+7c British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Dr James M Foster 1872 TBC 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=622643amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
196 EXH199 AOA Brass Manilla currency piece Af+7d British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Dr James M Foster 1872 TBC 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=622643amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
197 EXH200 AOA Brass Manilla currency piece Af+7e British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Dr James M Foster 1872 TBC 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=622643amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
198 EXH201 AOA Brass Manilla currency piece Af+7f British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Dr James M Foster 1872 TBC 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=622643amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
199 EXH202 AOA Brass Manilla currency piece Af+7g British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Dr James M Foster 1872 TBC 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=622643amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
205 EXH203 ASIA Shadow puppet (LEAD - Bima) Content Aria Bima 18591228675 British Museum c1800 AD Painted leather horn Java Indonesia Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles 1811-1816Donated by Rev William Charles Raffles
Flint1859 750 380 361 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=545604amppartId=1ampsearchText=shadow+puppet+aria+bimaamppage=1
206 EXH204 ASIA Shadow puppet (Gunungun) 19390451 British Museum c1800 AD Painted leather horn Java Indonesia Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles 1811-1816 Donated by Mrs JH Drake 1939 935 383 323 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=544233amppartId=1ampmuseumno=As19390451amppage=1
207 EXH205 ASIA Shadow puppet (Hanuman) Content Moryet Anila 18591228542 British Museum c1800 AD Painted leather horn Java Indonesia Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles 1811-1816Donated by Rev William Charles Raffles
Flint1859 712 230 216 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=574739amppartId=1ampmuseumno=As18591228542amppage=1
208 EXH206 ASIA Shadow puppet (Hero)Content Yoyo Langkara of
Bali18591228691 British Museum c1800 AD Painted leather horn Java Indonesia Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles 1811-1816
Donated by Rev William Charles Raffles
Flint1859 600 175 101 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=545469amppartId=1ampmuseumno=As18591228691amppage=1
209 EXH207 ASIA Shadow puppet (woman) 18591228687 British Museum c1800 AD Painted leather horn Java Indonesia Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles 1811-1816Donated by Rev William Charles Raffles
Flint1859 527 145 71 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=545456amppartId=1ampmuseumno=As18591228687+amppage=1
210 EXH208 AOA Sowei mask Af188611261a-b British Museum 1880-1886 Wood raffia fringeSherbro District
Sierra Leone
Collected by Thomas Joshua
Alldridge for display in the Colonial
and Indian Exhibition 1886
1886 Purchased from Thomas Joshua Alldridge 1886
1500
(Mask
430)
540 540 8 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=634670amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af188611261aamppage=1
211 EXH209 AOABrass cast of Maori mere club engraved with Sir
Joseph Banks coat of arms
Content Jos Banks Esq
above and 1772 below
inscribed coat of arms
(shield divided by a cross
with a fleur-de-lis in each
corner)
Oc193602061 British Museum 1772 AD BrassMade in London
EnglandComissioned by Sir Joseph Banks 1772 Donated by Harry Geoffrey Beasley 1936 365 100 38 4 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=497632amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Oc193602061amppage=1
212 EXH210 AOA Hawaiian basket helmet Oc1980Q992 British Museum 18th C AD Olona fibre Hawaii USAPossibly acquired from George Goodman
Hewett1980 300 155 265 500 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=489833amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Oc1980Q992amppage=1
213 EXH211 AOA Metis frock coat Am195405965 British Museumc 1800-
1900 AD
Mooseskin (Alces alces) claw
(Odocoileus virinianus)
horsehair otter hair porcupine
quill (Erethizon dorsatum) paint
Canada
Purchased at auction (1925)
possibly from Sophia Lade Lampson
(unconfirmed)
Brought into Wellcome Collection
(1933)
Donated by the Wellcome Institute for the
History of Medicine1954 1300 1500 300 12 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=526467amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Am195405965amppage=1
214 EXH212 ASIAJade bi ancient collared disc with later (1790)
Chinese engraving by the Qianlong Emperor
Full details and prose-
format paraphrase by
Stephen D Allee (2010)
included on BMorg
catalogue Chinese poem
inscribed by the Qianlong
Emperor
19370416140 British Museum
c1200 BC
(1790 AD
inscription)
Jade China Imperial Qianlong Collection 1790 Purchased from George Eumorfopoulos 1937 10 155 300 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=258946amppartId=1ampmuseumno=19370416140amppage=1
Section 9 The World of Our Making (AD 1800 - Today)
215 EXH213 BEP Ships chronometer from HMS Beagle
Content LONDON
No2853
Thos Earnshaw
INVT ET FECIT
No509
ONE DAY
195810061957 British Museumc1795-1805
ADBrass steel mahogany London England UK Courtenay Adrian Ilbert Donated by Gilbert Edgar
Purchased from the beneficiaries of the
Ilbert Estate via generous donation of
funds from Gilbert Edgar CBE public
donations and government funds
1958 176 208 208 3 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=55372amppartId=1ampmuseumno=195810061957amppage=1
216 EXH214 CM Colonial Bank note from Mauritius 19840605629 British Museum AD 1839 PaperIssued in Mauritius
printed in LondonPurchased from William LS Barrett 1984 126 195 20 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1108595amppartId=1ampmuseumno=19840605629amppage=1
217 EXH215 BEPEarly Victorian tea set (teapot sugar bowl milk
jug)
gtBase of Milk Jug
Content WEDGWOOD
gtMounts of Teapot and Jug
Content hallmark for 1839-
1840 and makers mark IF
(probably for John Figg)
gtMount of Sugar Bowl
Content hallmark for 1843
makers mark WC (possibly
for William Cooper)
gtSugar Bowl
Content WEDGWOOD
ETRURIA
19091201108 British Museumc 1840-
1845 ADUnglazed stoneware silver
Stoke-on-Trent
Staffordshire
England UK
Reputedly owned by Adelaide of
Saxe-Coburg Meiningen (Queen of
William IV)
Donated by Isaac Falcke and Mrs Mary
Anne Falcke1909
145
84
120
174
138
107
85
110
80
400 g
234 g
202 g
httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=81729amppartId=1ampmuseumno=19091201108amppage=1
218 EXH216 ASIAKatsushika Hokusai Illustrated manga (14 book
set)1979030504281-14 British Museum
c 1814-
1878 ADPaper Japan Jack Hillier Purchased from Jack Hillier 1979 2 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3358009amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1979030504281amppage=1
219 EXH217 CMUS Election badge Seymour Blair campaign
badge
H SEYMOUR FOR
PRESIDENT 1868
reverse F P BLAIR FOR
VICE-PRESIDENT 1868
190611033761 British Museum 1868 AD Iron USA Donated by Dr Frederick Parkes Weber 1906 28 44 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1216615amppartId=1ampmuseumno=190611033761amppage=1
220 EXH218 CMEisenhower hologram (US Election badge group
display of 8 badges)I LIKE IKE 1964111714 British Museum 1952 - 6 Plastic metal USA Donated by WW Woodside 1964 63 5 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3528179amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1964111714amppage=1
221 EXH219 CMNixon Lodge (US Election badge group display of 8
badges)
IM FOR NIXON and
LODGE1964111716 British Museum 1960 Plastic metal USA Donated by WW Woodside 1964 23 5 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3528382amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1964111716amppage=1
222 EXH220 CMJimmy Carter for President (US Election badge
group display of 8 badges)
JIMMY CARTER FOR
PRESIDENT198711357 British Museum 1976 Plastic metal USA
Donated by the British-American Arts
Asscoaition Ltd1987 31 5 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3528319amppartId=1ampmuseumno=198711357amppage=1
223 EXH221 CMReagan with stars (US Election badge group
display of 8 badges)REAGAN 80 1987113517 British Museum 1980 Plastic metal USA
Donated by the British-American Arts
Asscoaition Ltd1987 56 5 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3528287amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1987113517amppage=1
224 EXH222 CMKeep America Strong (US Election badge group
display of 8 badges)
REAGAN KEEP AMERICA
STRONG19871135117 British Museum 1984 Plastic metal USA
Donated by the British-American Arts
Asscoaition Ltd1987 88 5 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3528248amppartId=1ampmuseumno=19871135117amppage=1
225 EXH223 CMDump Reagan in rsquo84 (US Election badge group
display of 8 badges)DUMP REAGAN in 84 19871135167 British Museum 1984 Plastic metal USA
Donated by the British-American Arts
Asscoaition Ltd1987 57 5 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3528493amppartId=1ampmuseumno=19871135167amppage=1
226 EXH224 CMShit Happened (US Election badge group display of
8 badges)SHIT HAPPENED 199406097 British Museum c 1993 Plastic metal USA Anonymous donation 1994 44 5 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3607482amppartId=1ampmuseumno=199406097amppage=1
227 EXH225 BEPRussian revolutionary Victory of the Workers
plate
Russian Obverse Content
The victory of the workers
October 1917
Reverse Content 1920
198112082 British Museum AD 1919 Ceramic
State Porcelain
Factory St
Petersburg Russia
Purchased from Dan Klein Ltd 1981 40 235 750 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=4140amppartId=1ampmuseumno=198112082amppage=1
228 EXH226 PD Hockneyrsquos In the Dull Village 1981121288 British Museum 1966 AD Paper England Purchased from Sam Fogg 1981 35 225 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=4502amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1981121288amppage=1
229 EXH227 MEWoven Afghan war rug with Russian soldiers
depicted as white Divs2010601312 British Museum 1980 - 1989 Wool woven Afghanistan Donated by Graham Gower
Part of a collection donated on 4 April 2010
when they were placed on deposit (Deposit
no 789)
2010 1580 1010 5 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3316855amppartId=1ampmuseumno=201060131225u00a025u00a025u00a0+amppage=1
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Inscriptions (if
applicable)Reg number Lender Date Material Technique
place of
creationdiscover
y
Collected byPrevious owner Date of Collection DonorVendor Provenance comments
Date
acquired
by BM
Height Width Depth DiameterWeight
(some
estimated)
Web links to provenancedetailed object information
230 EXH228 AOAWahgi shield from Papua New Guinea South
Pacific Export LagerOc1990094 British Museum
c 1990-
2000 AD
Painted wood metal rubber
fibre
Wahgi Valley Papua
New GuineaDr Michael David Peter OHanlon
Purchased by Dr Michael David Peter
OHanlon for the British Museum
Purchased with contribution from British
Museum society (later Friends)1990 1525 610 120 55 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=485183amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Oc1990094amppage=1
231 EXH229 AOA Wahgi shield from Papua New Guinea SIX 2 SIX Oc19900919 British Museumc 1990-
2000 AD
Painted wood plastic metal
textile fibre
Wahgi Valley Papua
New GuineaDr Michael David Peter OHanlon
Purchased by Dr Michael David Peter
OHanlon for the British Museum
Purchased with contribution from British
Museum society (later Friends)1990 1520 500 130 8 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=485168amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Oc19900919amppage=1
232 EXH230 AOAWahgi shield from Papua New Guinea coloured
triangle motifsOc1990098 British Museum
c 1990-
2000 ADPaimted wood metal fibre
Wahgi Valley Papua
New GuineaDr Michael David Peter OHanlon
Purchased by Dr Michael David Peter
OHanlon for the British Museum
Purchased with contribution from British
Museum society (later Friends)1990 1525 610 80 55 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=485179amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Oc1990098amppage=1
233 EXH231 AOAFiel dos Santos Mother sculpture made of
decommissioned firearms201120261 British Museum 2011 AD Metal plastic bone wood Maputo Mozambique Fiel dos Santos 2011 Purchased from Fiel dos Santos 2011 1020 300 290 520 3 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3373333amppartId=1ampmuseumno=201120261amppage=1
234 EXH232 CM Plastic VISA Credit card 200941282 British Museum 2009 AD Plastic Dubai UAEDonated by Hong Kong amp Shanghai
Banking Corporation2009 45 85 20 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3230700amppartId=1ampmuseumno=200941282amppage=1
235 EXH233 AOA Counterfeit Football shirt - DrogbaContent DROGBA 11
SAMSUNG201020485 British Museum 2010 AD Synthetic fibres
Made in Indonesia
Purchased in Peru
Purchased for the British Museum through
JD Hill2010 800 700 50 500 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3579006amppartId=1ampmuseumno=201020485amppage=1
236 EXH234 ASIAGreen plastic solar-powered lamp with solar panel
and charger201020481 British Museum 2010 AD Plastic China Ashden Donated by Neil MacGregor 2010
Lamp
148
Panel
160
Lamp 127
Panel 180
Lamp 140
Panel 451 kg
httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3595888amppartId=1ampmuseumno=201020481amppage=1
httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3595888amppartId=1ampmuseumno=201020481amppage=1
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place of
creationdiscover
y
Collected byPrevious owner Date of Collection DonorVendor Provenance comments
Date
acquired
by BM
Height Width Depth DiameterWeight
(some
estimated)
Web links to provenancedetailed object information
195 EXH198 AOA Brass Manilla currency piece Af+7c British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Dr James M Foster 1872 TBC 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=622643amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
196 EXH199 AOA Brass Manilla currency piece Af+7d British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Dr James M Foster 1872 TBC 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=622643amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
197 EXH200 AOA Brass Manilla currency piece Af+7e British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Dr James M Foster 1872 TBC 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=622643amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
198 EXH201 AOA Brass Manilla currency piece Af+7f British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Dr James M Foster 1872 TBC 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=622643amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
199 EXH202 AOA Brass Manilla currency piece Af+7g British Museumc16th-19th
C ADBrass Nigeria Donated by Dr James M Foster 1872 TBC 60 60 50 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=622643amppartId=1ampplace=37854ampobject=21678amppage=1
205 EXH203 ASIA Shadow puppet (LEAD - Bima) Content Aria Bima 18591228675 British Museum c1800 AD Painted leather horn Java Indonesia Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles 1811-1816Donated by Rev William Charles Raffles
Flint1859 750 380 361 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=545604amppartId=1ampsearchText=shadow+puppet+aria+bimaamppage=1
206 EXH204 ASIA Shadow puppet (Gunungun) 19390451 British Museum c1800 AD Painted leather horn Java Indonesia Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles 1811-1816 Donated by Mrs JH Drake 1939 935 383 323 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=544233amppartId=1ampmuseumno=As19390451amppage=1
207 EXH205 ASIA Shadow puppet (Hanuman) Content Moryet Anila 18591228542 British Museum c1800 AD Painted leather horn Java Indonesia Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles 1811-1816Donated by Rev William Charles Raffles
Flint1859 712 230 216 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=574739amppartId=1ampmuseumno=As18591228542amppage=1
208 EXH206 ASIA Shadow puppet (Hero)Content Yoyo Langkara of
Bali18591228691 British Museum c1800 AD Painted leather horn Java Indonesia Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles 1811-1816
Donated by Rev William Charles Raffles
Flint1859 600 175 101 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=545469amppartId=1ampmuseumno=As18591228691amppage=1
209 EXH207 ASIA Shadow puppet (woman) 18591228687 British Museum c1800 AD Painted leather horn Java Indonesia Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles 1811-1816Donated by Rev William Charles Raffles
Flint1859 527 145 71 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=545456amppartId=1ampmuseumno=As18591228687+amppage=1
210 EXH208 AOA Sowei mask Af188611261a-b British Museum 1880-1886 Wood raffia fringeSherbro District
Sierra Leone
Collected by Thomas Joshua
Alldridge for display in the Colonial
and Indian Exhibition 1886
1886 Purchased from Thomas Joshua Alldridge 1886
1500
(Mask
430)
540 540 8 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=634670amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Af188611261aamppage=1
211 EXH209 AOABrass cast of Maori mere club engraved with Sir
Joseph Banks coat of arms
Content Jos Banks Esq
above and 1772 below
inscribed coat of arms
(shield divided by a cross
with a fleur-de-lis in each
corner)
Oc193602061 British Museum 1772 AD BrassMade in London
EnglandComissioned by Sir Joseph Banks 1772 Donated by Harry Geoffrey Beasley 1936 365 100 38 4 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=497632amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Oc193602061amppage=1
212 EXH210 AOA Hawaiian basket helmet Oc1980Q992 British Museum 18th C AD Olona fibre Hawaii USAPossibly acquired from George Goodman
Hewett1980 300 155 265 500 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=489833amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Oc1980Q992amppage=1
213 EXH211 AOA Metis frock coat Am195405965 British Museumc 1800-
1900 AD
Mooseskin (Alces alces) claw
(Odocoileus virinianus)
horsehair otter hair porcupine
quill (Erethizon dorsatum) paint
Canada
Purchased at auction (1925)
possibly from Sophia Lade Lampson
(unconfirmed)
Brought into Wellcome Collection
(1933)
Donated by the Wellcome Institute for the
History of Medicine1954 1300 1500 300 12 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=526467amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Am195405965amppage=1
214 EXH212 ASIAJade bi ancient collared disc with later (1790)
Chinese engraving by the Qianlong Emperor
Full details and prose-
format paraphrase by
Stephen D Allee (2010)
included on BMorg
catalogue Chinese poem
inscribed by the Qianlong
Emperor
19370416140 British Museum
c1200 BC
(1790 AD
inscription)
Jade China Imperial Qianlong Collection 1790 Purchased from George Eumorfopoulos 1937 10 155 300 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=258946amppartId=1ampmuseumno=19370416140amppage=1
Section 9 The World of Our Making (AD 1800 - Today)
215 EXH213 BEP Ships chronometer from HMS Beagle
Content LONDON
No2853
Thos Earnshaw
INVT ET FECIT
No509
ONE DAY
195810061957 British Museumc1795-1805
ADBrass steel mahogany London England UK Courtenay Adrian Ilbert Donated by Gilbert Edgar
Purchased from the beneficiaries of the
Ilbert Estate via generous donation of
funds from Gilbert Edgar CBE public
donations and government funds
1958 176 208 208 3 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=55372amppartId=1ampmuseumno=195810061957amppage=1
216 EXH214 CM Colonial Bank note from Mauritius 19840605629 British Museum AD 1839 PaperIssued in Mauritius
printed in LondonPurchased from William LS Barrett 1984 126 195 20 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1108595amppartId=1ampmuseumno=19840605629amppage=1
217 EXH215 BEPEarly Victorian tea set (teapot sugar bowl milk
jug)
gtBase of Milk Jug
Content WEDGWOOD
gtMounts of Teapot and Jug
Content hallmark for 1839-
1840 and makers mark IF
(probably for John Figg)
gtMount of Sugar Bowl
Content hallmark for 1843
makers mark WC (possibly
for William Cooper)
gtSugar Bowl
Content WEDGWOOD
ETRURIA
19091201108 British Museumc 1840-
1845 ADUnglazed stoneware silver
Stoke-on-Trent
Staffordshire
England UK
Reputedly owned by Adelaide of
Saxe-Coburg Meiningen (Queen of
William IV)
Donated by Isaac Falcke and Mrs Mary
Anne Falcke1909
145
84
120
174
138
107
85
110
80
400 g
234 g
202 g
httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=81729amppartId=1ampmuseumno=19091201108amppage=1
218 EXH216 ASIAKatsushika Hokusai Illustrated manga (14 book
set)1979030504281-14 British Museum
c 1814-
1878 ADPaper Japan Jack Hillier Purchased from Jack Hillier 1979 2 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3358009amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1979030504281amppage=1
219 EXH217 CMUS Election badge Seymour Blair campaign
badge
H SEYMOUR FOR
PRESIDENT 1868
reverse F P BLAIR FOR
VICE-PRESIDENT 1868
190611033761 British Museum 1868 AD Iron USA Donated by Dr Frederick Parkes Weber 1906 28 44 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=1216615amppartId=1ampmuseumno=190611033761amppage=1
220 EXH218 CMEisenhower hologram (US Election badge group
display of 8 badges)I LIKE IKE 1964111714 British Museum 1952 - 6 Plastic metal USA Donated by WW Woodside 1964 63 5 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3528179amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1964111714amppage=1
221 EXH219 CMNixon Lodge (US Election badge group display of 8
badges)
IM FOR NIXON and
LODGE1964111716 British Museum 1960 Plastic metal USA Donated by WW Woodside 1964 23 5 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3528382amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1964111716amppage=1
222 EXH220 CMJimmy Carter for President (US Election badge
group display of 8 badges)
JIMMY CARTER FOR
PRESIDENT198711357 British Museum 1976 Plastic metal USA
Donated by the British-American Arts
Asscoaition Ltd1987 31 5 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3528319amppartId=1ampmuseumno=198711357amppage=1
223 EXH221 CMReagan with stars (US Election badge group
display of 8 badges)REAGAN 80 1987113517 British Museum 1980 Plastic metal USA
Donated by the British-American Arts
Asscoaition Ltd1987 56 5 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3528287amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1987113517amppage=1
224 EXH222 CMKeep America Strong (US Election badge group
display of 8 badges)
REAGAN KEEP AMERICA
STRONG19871135117 British Museum 1984 Plastic metal USA
Donated by the British-American Arts
Asscoaition Ltd1987 88 5 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3528248amppartId=1ampmuseumno=19871135117amppage=1
225 EXH223 CMDump Reagan in rsquo84 (US Election badge group
display of 8 badges)DUMP REAGAN in 84 19871135167 British Museum 1984 Plastic metal USA
Donated by the British-American Arts
Asscoaition Ltd1987 57 5 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3528493amppartId=1ampmuseumno=19871135167amppage=1
226 EXH224 CMShit Happened (US Election badge group display of
8 badges)SHIT HAPPENED 199406097 British Museum c 1993 Plastic metal USA Anonymous donation 1994 44 5 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3607482amppartId=1ampmuseumno=199406097amppage=1
227 EXH225 BEPRussian revolutionary Victory of the Workers
plate
Russian Obverse Content
The victory of the workers
October 1917
Reverse Content 1920
198112082 British Museum AD 1919 Ceramic
State Porcelain
Factory St
Petersburg Russia
Purchased from Dan Klein Ltd 1981 40 235 750 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=4140amppartId=1ampmuseumno=198112082amppage=1
228 EXH226 PD Hockneyrsquos In the Dull Village 1981121288 British Museum 1966 AD Paper England Purchased from Sam Fogg 1981 35 225 1 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=4502amppartId=1ampmuseumno=1981121288amppage=1
229 EXH227 MEWoven Afghan war rug with Russian soldiers
depicted as white Divs2010601312 British Museum 1980 - 1989 Wool woven Afghanistan Donated by Graham Gower
Part of a collection donated on 4 April 2010
when they were placed on deposit (Deposit
no 789)
2010 1580 1010 5 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3316855amppartId=1ampmuseumno=201060131225u00a025u00a025u00a0+amppage=1
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Inscriptions (if
applicable)Reg number Lender Date Material Technique
place of
creationdiscover
y
Collected byPrevious owner Date of Collection DonorVendor Provenance comments
Date
acquired
by BM
Height Width Depth DiameterWeight
(some
estimated)
Web links to provenancedetailed object information
230 EXH228 AOAWahgi shield from Papua New Guinea South
Pacific Export LagerOc1990094 British Museum
c 1990-
2000 AD
Painted wood metal rubber
fibre
Wahgi Valley Papua
New GuineaDr Michael David Peter OHanlon
Purchased by Dr Michael David Peter
OHanlon for the British Museum
Purchased with contribution from British
Museum society (later Friends)1990 1525 610 120 55 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=485183amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Oc1990094amppage=1
231 EXH229 AOA Wahgi shield from Papua New Guinea SIX 2 SIX Oc19900919 British Museumc 1990-
2000 AD
Painted wood plastic metal
textile fibre
Wahgi Valley Papua
New GuineaDr Michael David Peter OHanlon
Purchased by Dr Michael David Peter
OHanlon for the British Museum
Purchased with contribution from British
Museum society (later Friends)1990 1520 500 130 8 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=485168amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Oc19900919amppage=1
232 EXH230 AOAWahgi shield from Papua New Guinea coloured
triangle motifsOc1990098 British Museum
c 1990-
2000 ADPaimted wood metal fibre
Wahgi Valley Papua
New GuineaDr Michael David Peter OHanlon
Purchased by Dr Michael David Peter
OHanlon for the British Museum
Purchased with contribution from British
Museum society (later Friends)1990 1525 610 80 55 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=485179amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Oc1990098amppage=1
233 EXH231 AOAFiel dos Santos Mother sculpture made of
decommissioned firearms201120261 British Museum 2011 AD Metal plastic bone wood Maputo Mozambique Fiel dos Santos 2011 Purchased from Fiel dos Santos 2011 1020 300 290 520 3 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3373333amppartId=1ampmuseumno=201120261amppage=1
234 EXH232 CM Plastic VISA Credit card 200941282 British Museum 2009 AD Plastic Dubai UAEDonated by Hong Kong amp Shanghai
Banking Corporation2009 45 85 20 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3230700amppartId=1ampmuseumno=200941282amppage=1
235 EXH233 AOA Counterfeit Football shirt - DrogbaContent DROGBA 11
SAMSUNG201020485 British Museum 2010 AD Synthetic fibres
Made in Indonesia
Purchased in Peru
Purchased for the British Museum through
JD Hill2010 800 700 50 500 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3579006amppartId=1ampmuseumno=201020485amppage=1
236 EXH234 ASIAGreen plastic solar-powered lamp with solar panel
and charger201020481 British Museum 2010 AD Plastic China Ashden Donated by Neil MacGregor 2010
Lamp
148
Panel
160
Lamp 127
Panel 180
Lamp 140
Panel 451 kg
httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3595888amppartId=1ampmuseumno=201020481amppage=1
httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3595888amppartId=1ampmuseumno=201020481amppage=1
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RefImage Dept Description
Inscriptions (if
applicable)Reg number Lender Date Material Technique
place of
creationdiscover
y
Collected byPrevious owner Date of Collection DonorVendor Provenance comments
Date
acquired
by BM
Height Width Depth DiameterWeight
(some
estimated)
Web links to provenancedetailed object information
230 EXH228 AOAWahgi shield from Papua New Guinea South
Pacific Export LagerOc1990094 British Museum
c 1990-
2000 AD
Painted wood metal rubber
fibre
Wahgi Valley Papua
New GuineaDr Michael David Peter OHanlon
Purchased by Dr Michael David Peter
OHanlon for the British Museum
Purchased with contribution from British
Museum society (later Friends)1990 1525 610 120 55 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=485183amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Oc1990094amppage=1
231 EXH229 AOA Wahgi shield from Papua New Guinea SIX 2 SIX Oc19900919 British Museumc 1990-
2000 AD
Painted wood plastic metal
textile fibre
Wahgi Valley Papua
New GuineaDr Michael David Peter OHanlon
Purchased by Dr Michael David Peter
OHanlon for the British Museum
Purchased with contribution from British
Museum society (later Friends)1990 1520 500 130 8 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=485168amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Oc19900919amppage=1
232 EXH230 AOAWahgi shield from Papua New Guinea coloured
triangle motifsOc1990098 British Museum
c 1990-
2000 ADPaimted wood metal fibre
Wahgi Valley Papua
New GuineaDr Michael David Peter OHanlon
Purchased by Dr Michael David Peter
OHanlon for the British Museum
Purchased with contribution from British
Museum society (later Friends)1990 1525 610 80 55 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=485179amppartId=1ampmuseumno=Oc1990098amppage=1
233 EXH231 AOAFiel dos Santos Mother sculpture made of
decommissioned firearms201120261 British Museum 2011 AD Metal plastic bone wood Maputo Mozambique Fiel dos Santos 2011 Purchased from Fiel dos Santos 2011 1020 300 290 520 3 kg httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3373333amppartId=1ampmuseumno=201120261amppage=1
234 EXH232 CM Plastic VISA Credit card 200941282 British Museum 2009 AD Plastic Dubai UAEDonated by Hong Kong amp Shanghai
Banking Corporation2009 45 85 20 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3230700amppartId=1ampmuseumno=200941282amppage=1
235 EXH233 AOA Counterfeit Football shirt - DrogbaContent DROGBA 11
SAMSUNG201020485 British Museum 2010 AD Synthetic fibres
Made in Indonesia
Purchased in Peru
Purchased for the British Museum through
JD Hill2010 800 700 50 500 g httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3579006amppartId=1ampmuseumno=201020485amppage=1
236 EXH234 ASIAGreen plastic solar-powered lamp with solar panel
and charger201020481 British Museum 2010 AD Plastic China Ashden Donated by Neil MacGregor 2010
Lamp
148
Panel
160
Lamp 127
Panel 180
Lamp 140
Panel 451 kg
httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3595888amppartId=1ampmuseumno=201020481amppage=1
httpwwwbritishmuseumorgresearchcollection_onlinecollection_object_detailsaspxobjectId=3595888amppartId=1ampmuseumno=201020481amppage=1
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