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Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Height: 8,6 cm
Depth: 5,5 cm
Width: 5 cm
Weight: 0,15 kg
Material/Technique
Brass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 14474

Provenance and sources

Production
where
Benin [kingdom]
Production
when
18th century - 19th century
where
Nigeria
Benin
Collecting
who
Luschan, Felix von - Former Possessors
Change of legal title:
Acquisition
Description
18th century - 19th century, commissioned by the brass foundry guild Igun Eronmwon in the Kingdom of Benin; probably looted in connection with the British conquest of Benin, 1897; in unknown possession after Feb. 1897; acquired by the Museum für Völkerkunde as a gift from Felix von Luschan, 1902.
Assignment to a curated holding:
Africa

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