Identity area
Reference code
JCAF/4/14
Title
Base for Benin Bronze
Date(s)
- c. 1905 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 item, wood
Context area
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Wooden base made to display the Benin Bronze cockerel which was donated to the College in 1905 by George William Neville. Metal plaque on the front with a Latin inscription, translates as: “Georges William Neville gave to Jesus College this emblem of its founder which he himself had brought back from the ancient city of the Benins in Western Africa captured by the British forces in 1897.”
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
41cm x 41cm x 16cm