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Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 12530
Provenance and sources
Production
where
Benin [kingdom]
Production
when
18th century - 19th century
where
Nigeria
Benin
Collecting
who
William Downing Webster (1868-05-11 - 1913-01-14) - Collectors
Change of legal title: Acquisition
Description
18th century - 19th century, commissioned work 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 the conquest of the Kingdom of Benin; acquired by William D. Webster, 1901.
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Ceremonial knife
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Leopard hunter
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Horn capture
Uhunmwu elao ọghe Iy’ọba
Language: Bini
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Memorial head of a Queen Mother
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Mask
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Small hanging plaque with rider
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Onyeche Ijele (policeman)
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Bangle
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Arm ring
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Snakehead
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