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Arm ring
Entry in the main historical catalogue: "Bronze arm ring decorated with a human head, 4 vials, 2 knots, 2 snakes (?) and a snake halfway around the ring. 8 cm diameter, 7 cm width."
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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Arm ring
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 0,8 x 8,3 x 8,3 cm
Material/Technique
Brass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 30504
Provenance and sources
where
Benin [kingdom]
when
19th century
where
Nigeria [Land]
Benin [Königreich]
Description
19th century, commissioned in the Kingdom of Benin; ownership before 1897 currently unknown; probably looted in connection with the British conquest of Benin, 1897; in unknown possession after Feb. 1897; gift from Felix von Luschan, 1916.
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