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Weight: 0,2 kg Height: 26,3 cm Width: 3,3 cm Depth: 3,5 cm
Material/Technique
Ivory
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 20074
Provenance and sources
Production
where
Benin [kingdom]
Production
when
18th century-19th century.
where
Benin
Nigeria
Collecting
who
Frau Erdmann - Former Possessors
Change of legal title: Acquisition
Description
18th century - 19th century, commissioned work in the Kingdom of Benin; ownership before 1897 currently unknown; probably looted in connection with the British conquest of Benin, 1897; in unknown possession after the conquest of the Kingdom of Benin; acquired by Mrs Erdmann, 1905.
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Musical instrument
sanje
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sanje
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Percussion disc play
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Harp
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Bow harp
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Transverse flute
sarunai (sarune)
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sarunai
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