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Arm ring
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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Arm ring
Dimensions
Objektmaß: D: 8,7 cm, G.: kg
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 4,7 x 9 x 9,5 cm
Material/Technique
Brass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 10931

Provenance and sources

where
Benin [kingdom]

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

who
Siegfried Jaffé - Collectors

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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