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Objektmaß: D: 8,7 cm, G.: kg Height: 4,7 cm Width: 9 cm Depth: 9,5 cm
Material/Technique
Brass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 10931
Provenance and sources
Production
where
Benin [kingdom]
Production
when
18th century-19th century.
where
Nigeria
Benin
Collecting
who
Siegfried Jaffé - Collectors
Change of legal title: Acquisition
Description
Commissioned probably 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 after Feb. 1897; acquired by the Museum für Völkerkunde from Siegfried Jaffé, 1900.
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Knives
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Relief plate: Two high dignitaries
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Queen Mother with gong
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Men's garb
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Bridal lamp
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Depiction of a hen
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Drummer
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Mask (Ijele)
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Relief panel with member of the court
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