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Ukhurhe, Rattle-Staff

Ukhurhe, Rattle-Staff

1984.11.0006

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification	Ukhurhe, Rattle-Staff (1984.11.0006)
Classification/ Nomenclature	Communication Artifacts : Ceremonial Artifacts : Religious Objects
Artist/Maker	Unknown
Geographic Location	Africa, West : Nigeria : Edo : Benin City
Period	Colonial
Date	18th – 19th century
Culture	Edo
Location	On Exhibitin the Africa exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length)	23.4 cm
Dimension 2 (Width)	5.1 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth)	3.5 cm
Weight	210 g
Measuring Remarks	N/A
Materials	Animal--Tooth--Ivory
Manufacturing Processes	Carved

Research Remarks

Description	Sotheby’s: “...well-carved human head, with typical protruding features and a notched coiffure, incised bands around the lower part and with an ivory clapper held in place with an ivory peg.”
Published Description	Under Review
Bibliography	Blackmun, Barbara W. “History and Statecraft on a Tusk from Old Benin.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 81, no. 4 (1994): 87–115. Ezra, Kate. Royal Art of Benin: The Perls Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Metropolitan Museum of Art : Distributed by H.N. Abrams, 1992. Ross, Doran H. Elephant: The Animal and Its Ivory in African Culture. Fowler Museum of Cultural History, University of California, Los Angeles, 1992. The Art Institute of Chicago. “Benin Kings and Rituals: Court Arts from Nigeria,” 2013. Sotheby’s. Catalog for sale of June 23, 1981. p. 95, lot 134. {photocopy]

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication	Richard and Barbara Faletti Family Collection
Reproduction	no

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