Okukor

It was transferred to Ewuare II, Oba of Benin, and Nigeria's National Commission for Museums and Monuments by Jesus College in 2021.

The Oba's senior wife, and thus often the mother of a future king, was given honorific title "Eson, Ogoro Madagba" ("the cock that crows at the head of the harem").

Neville looted so many objects during the campaign that as he left the city a commandant who had been part of the expedition advised him to “push off as quickly as possible, as the fact of so many ancient heirlooms leaving the city may attract attention and possibly lead to molestation.”[6] In 1905 Neville presented Okukor to Jesus College, Cambridge[6] where his son was a student.

According to its records, the college “agreed gratefully to accept” the “gift of the bronze figure of a cock which formed part of the spoil captured at Benin, West Africa and to thank Mr Neville for making this appropriate gift.”[6] The crest of Jesus College is a cockerel and the coat of arms include three cocks' heads.

The cockerel symbol was taken from the family crest of the college founder Bishop John Alcock and was a form of canting arms.