The name of this item is missing in its original language. If you know the name or have any comments, please use the form to get in touch with the institution that provided the data.
Depiction of catfish and crocodile heads

Brass bracelet with embossed crocodile heads and catfish, alternately superimposed.

This content was machine-translated
Data Provider
Ethnologisches Museum
Show only fields containing data

Cataloguing data

Object type
Arm cuff
Dimensions
Gewicht: 472 g
Objektmaß: 13,7 x 9,6 x 9 cm
Material/Technique
Brass, copper alloy
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 23971

Provenance and sources

where
Benin [kingdom]

when
18th century-19th century.
where
Nigeria [Land]
Benin [Königreich]

who
William John Ansorge (1850 - 1913-10-31) - Collectors

Description
Commissioned from the Igun Eronmwon brass foundry guild in the Kingdom of Benin in the 18th or 19th century; probably looted in connection with the British conquest of Benin, 1897; in unknown ownership after Feb. 1897; acquired in a village near Benin City by W.J. Ansorge before 1905; auctioned by J.C. Stevens, 1909.

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
This content was machine-translated
2.1.1 / 7.1