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Hip pendant
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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Edo
Object type
pendants (jewelry)
Dimensions
139 x 101 x 49 mm
Material/Technique
Copper alloy; pigment, mineral
Current location
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Inventory number
RJM 5255
Other number(s)
RJM 1902/19 (Convolute number)

Provenance and sources

Production
where
Nigeria
historical: Kingdom Benin
Africa -> West Africa -> Nigeria
Assignment to a curated holding:
Africa
Change of physical control or legal title
when
1901
where
Bicester
who
William Downing Webster - Sellers
Source(s)
Webster catalogue 29/1901 (Vol.3)
Change of physical control or legal title:
Commission
when
1902
where
London
who
J.C. Stevens - Contractors
Description
The collection donated by Rautenstrauch from the estate of W. D. Webster and was apparently sold by the auctioneer sold by the auctioneer J. C. Stevens
Change of physical control or legal title:
Auction
when
1902-03-06
where
Stevens' Auction Rooms, London
who
J.C. Stevens - Auctioneers
Theodor Rautenstrauch (1873 - 1907) - Buyers
Source(s)
Cat. Unique Collection of Benin Bronzes. J. C. Stevens, the 3rd day of June, 1902
Change of physical control or legal title:
Donation
when
1902-21-11
who
Theodor Rautenstrauch (1873 - 1907) - Donors
Restitution (cultural policy)
when
2022-15-12
where
Cologne
who
Stadt Köln
Bundesrepublik Nigeria - Recipients
Description
This Benin court artwork will remain on loan to the museum in the museum until it is physically restituted in the coming years. in the coming years.
Source(s)
Agreement on the return of Benin bronzes between the City of Cologne and the Federal Republic of Nigeria

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