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Height: 16,5 cm Depth: 6 cm Width: 13 cm Weight: 0,465 kg
Material/Technique
Brass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 8754
Provenance and sources
Production
where
Benin [kingdom]
Production
when
18th century-19th century.
where
Nigeria
Benin
"Workshops of the Lower Niger"
Collecting
who
William Downing Webster (1868-05-11 - 1913-01-14) - Collectors
Change of legal title: Acquisition
Description
Commissioned from the Igun Eronmwon brass foundry guild in the Kingdom of Benin in the 18th or 19th century; ownership before 1897 currently unknown; probably looted in connection with the British conquest of Benin, 1897; in unknown possession between Feb. 1897 and 1899; acquired by the Museum of Ethnology from William D. Webster, 1899.
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Vessel
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Fruit as a pot closure
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Hanger (part of a king figure)
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Hatchet
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Armstrong Nigeria 1962
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Ose sango (?)
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Musical instrument
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Trailer
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Royal companion (Omada)
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Dignitary with eben sword
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