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This relief plate from the royal palace shows a high-ranking dignitary, recognizable by the materially and spiritually valuable coral beads on his ruff and hood. In his hand he holds a ceremonial staff vertically as a status object. The vertical axis is a central motif in the art of Benin. It connects earthly this world and heavenly hereafter. Likewise, the crocodile's head on the lower left is to be interpreted, as this animal also connects the elements and its power is concentrated in the head. Text: Dietmar Neitzke.
In October 1898, the Hamburg company "H. Bey & Co" offered the Berlin Ethnological Museum a Benin collection that came directly from Africa. However, due to a lack of funds, the entire collection could not be purchased and was therefore to be passed on to other interested parties. Felix von Luschan of the Berlin Museum therefore informed Karl Graf von Linden in November 1898, and offered him a right of first refusal. The Linden Museum then made 15,000 M available for the purchase of objects. The purchase price was paid by the Heilbronn entrepreneur Karl Knorr, which is why the collection became known as "Die Karl Knorr'sche Sammlung von Benin-Altertümern". Von Luschan published a detailed description of the collection under the same title (1901) on behalf of Count Linden and Knorr. Other buyers of the collection included the museums in Vienna and Munich, but also people such as Hans Meyer (Leipzig) and Eugen Rautenstrauch (Cologne). Text: Markus Himmelsbach.
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Bronze plate, man with "pigtail hairstyle"
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Bronze plaque: Servant at the royal court, crescents in corners
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Bronze plate: Servant at the royal court
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Bronze plaque: man with a ball in his hands, pearls
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Bronze plate: musician with transverse trumpet, necklace made of
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Bronze plate (fragment): Musician with transverse trumpet, chain
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Bronze plate: Man with flat, pearl cap and ruff
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Bronze, African with "braided hairstyle" and decorated skirt
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Bronze plate (damaged): Army commander with armour, helmet,
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Bronze plate: Man with 2 pigtails (slightly damaged at corners)
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