What: A tabot given by the then Secretary of State for India, Sir Stafford Henry Northcote
Where: The British Museum, Great Russell St, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 3DG
British museum database:
Museum number: Af1868,1005.1
Donated by: Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh
Acquisition date: 1868
What: A tabot from the collection of “Colonel Mackie”
Where: The British Museum, Great Russell St, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 3DG
British museum database:
Museum number: Af1968,0401.1
Purchased from: Miss Mackie in 1968
Previous owner/ex-collection: Col Mackie
There is no mention of Magdala in the database entry. But a Major Mackie served in the 1868 Abyssinian campaign with the Transport Corps, according to Hart’s Army List.
What: A tabot given by the then Secretary of State for India, Sir Stafford Henry Northcote
Where: The British Museum, Great Russell St, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 3DG
British museum database:
Museum number: Af1868,1005.5
Donated by: Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh
Acquisition date: 1868
What: A tabot given by the then Secretary of State for India, Sir Stafford Henry Northcote
Where: The British Museum, Great Russell St, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 3DG
British museum database:
Museum number: Af1868,1005.3
Donated by: Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh
Acquisition date: 1868
What: A shield and lion’s mane made for Emperor Tewodros, taken by the British Museum’s expert on the expedition, Richard Rivington Holmes
Where: The British Museum, Great Russell St, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 3DG
Provenance: Maqdala mentioned at length in acquisition notes. Shield described as possibly made for Tewodros.
There are images nd more details on the British Museum’s database entry – https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Af1868-1001-1
The entry reads:
“It is possible this shield was made for Tewedros II himself. It was described as ‘royal’ at the point of aquisition and as ‘the most richly ornamented of the royal shieds’ in R. Holmes to J. Winter Jones 20th July 1868 (British Museum Central Archive, Original Papers Volume 94, April to July 1868, no. 7629).“
Detail
Museum number: Af1868,1001.1
Date: 19thC (mid)
Made for: Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia
Acquisition name: Field Collection by: Sir Richard Rivington Holmes
Acquisition date: 1868
What: A red and gold royal robe taken by the British Museum’s expert on the expedition, Richard Rivington Holmes
Where: The British Museum, Great Russell St, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 3DG
Provenance: Maqdala referenced at length in the museum’s acquisition notes.
See images and more details in the British Museum’s database – https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Af1868-1001-24
The catalogue entry reads: “Royal robe made of silk brocade. Partially lined with cotton.”
Details
Museum number: Af1868,1001.24
Date: 19thC(mid)
Previous owner/ex-collection: Sir Richard Rivington Holmes
Acquisition date: 1868