Identity area
Reference code
GB 891 RB-RB/6-RB/6/2
Title
Wooden walking stick with chameleon handle
Date(s)
- 1863 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
1 item
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Name of creator
Repository
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Wooden walking stick with chameleon handle with silver collar bearing the inscription “From the King of Dahomey to Captain R Burton 1863.” This was presumably Gelele, King of Dahomey, (acc. 1858, dep. 1894). Burton’s mission to him in this year is… read more
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Language of material
- English
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Alternative identifier(s)
current
RB/6/2