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Keys for the doors of the Palace of Benin

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
key
Dimensions
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 19 x 6,4 x 2,6 cm
Länge x Breite: 18,5 x 8,4 cm
Gewicht: 400 g
Material/Technique
Brass, Iron
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 8083

Provenance and sources

where
Benin [kingdom]

when
19th century
where
Nigeria [Land]

who
William Downing Webster (1868-05-11 - 1913-01-14) - Former Possessors

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 1898; acquired by the Museum of Ethnology from William D. Webster, 1898.

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