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Royal sceptre or ceremonial sword
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This sword resembles an Eben sword from the Kingdom of Benin. However, it came to the Prussian Kunstkammer decades before the conquest of the Kingdom of Benin. Its shape suggests that it was created in the vicinity of the Kingdom of Benin. The sword appears to have been collected in "Palma", which could indicate that it was acquired near Cape Palmas in Liberia by Mr von Rauchhaupt.

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Benin (?)
Object type
Royal sceptre or ceremonial sword
Dimensions
Height: 68 cm
Width: 23 cm
Depth: 2,7 cm
Material/Technique
Brass, Wood
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 200

Provenance and sources

when
before 1866
where
Nigeria [Land]
Liberia (?) [Land]
who
Benin (?)
who
Bruno von Rauchhaupt - Collectors
Description
Donation from Bruno von Rauchhaupt 1866

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