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© Donatus Archibald Acquandoh; Image © National Museums Scotland
View full screenBody suit for a crocodile costume with a spiked tail, made of painted cloth and foam padding, part of a fancy dress masquerade costume: Africa, West Africa, Ghana, Elmina, by Donatus Archibald Acquandoh (alias Hippies), 2000
K.2001.741
Acquandoh, Donatus Archibald, 1965 (b.) - 2008 (fl.), Artist
Elmina, Central Region, Ghana, Western Africa
2000
Cloth; foam-rubber; thread; paint; zipper
Collector: Nicklin, Keith, 1946 - 2002
Collector: Salmons, Jill, 1979 - 2000 (fl.)
Performance and Lives (29 Jul 2011)
National Museum of Scotland
Peek, Philip and Barry Hallen. ‘In Memoriam – Keith Nicklin’, in African Arts, Winter 2002, Vol.35, No.4 pp.12-13, 91.
Nicklin, Keith and Jill Salmons. ‘Hippies of Elmina’, in African Arts, Summer 2005, Vol. 38, No.2 pp. 60-5, 95.
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Large silver-gilt canister, with a cover, from the nécessaire de voyage or travelling service assembled by Martin-Guillaume Biennais for Napoleon's sister, the Princess Pauline Borghese, possibly at the time of her marriage to Prince Camillo Borghese in 1803: French, Paris, by Marie-Joseph-Gabriel Genu, hallmarked 1798 - 1809, bequeathed to Alexander, 10th Duke of Hamilton, in 1825
Tall silver-gilt canister, with a cover, from the nécessaire de voyage or travelling service assembled by Martin-Guillaume Biennais for Napoleon's sister, the Princess Pauline Borghese, possibly at the time of her marriage to Prince Camillo Borghese in 1803: French, Paris, by Marie-Joseph-Gabriel Genu, hallmarked 1798 - 1809, bequeathed to Alexander, 10th Duke of Hamilton, in 1825
Medium-sized silver-gilt canister, with a pierced cover and a card and silk liner, from the nécessaire de voyage or travelling service assembled by Martin-Guillaume Biennais for Napoleon's sister, the Princess Pauline Borghese, possibly at the time of her marriage to Prince Camillo Borghese in 1803: French, Paris, by Marie-Joseph-Gabriel Genu, hallmarked 1798 - 1809, bequeathed to Alexander, 10th Duke of Hamilton, in 1825
Liner of card and silk, to protect a silver-gilt canister and cover, from the nécessaire de voyage or travelling service assembled by Martin-Guillaume Biennais for Napoleon's sister, the Princess Pauline Borghese, possibly at the time of her marriage to Prince Camillo Borghese in 1803: French, Paris, c. 1803, bequeathed to Alexander, 10th Duke of Hamilton, in 1825
Silver-gilt canister with two compartments, medium-sized with a pull-off cover and a card and silk liner, from the nécessaire de voyage or travelling service assembled by Martin-Guillaume Biennais for Napoleon's sister, the Princess Pauline Borghese, possibly at the time of her marriage to Prince Camillo Borghese in 1803: French, Paris, by Marie-Joseph-Gabriel Genu, hallmarked 1798 - 1809, bequeathed to Alexander, 10th Duke of Hamilton, in 1825
Liner of card and silk, to protect a silver-gilt canister and cover, from the nécessaire de voyage or travelling service assembled by Martin-Guillaume Biennais for Napoleon's sister, the Princess Pauline Borghese, possibly at the time of her marriage to Prince Camillo Borghese in 1803: French, Paris, c. 1803, bequeathed to Alexander, 10th Duke of Hamilton, in 1825
Small silver-gilt canister, with a cover, from the nécessaire de voyage or travelling service assembled by Martin-Guillaume Biennais for Napoleon's sister, the Princess Pauline Borghese, possibly at the time of her marriage to Prince Camillo Borghese in 1803: French, Paris, by Marie-Joseph-Gabriel Genu, hallmarked 1798 - 1809, bequeathed to Alexander, 10th Duke of Hamilton, in 1825
Small silver-gilt canister, with two compartments and a pull-off cover, from the nécessaire de voyage or travelling service assembled by Martin-Guillaume Biennais for Napoleon's sister, the Princess Pauline Borghese, possibly at the time of her marriage to Prince Camillo Borghese in 1803: French, Paris, by Marie-Joseph-Gabriel Genu, hallmarked 1798 - 1809, bequeathed to Alexander, 10th Duke of Hamilton, in 1825