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Relief plaque (fragment) (Relief plaque)

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"Bronze hump. "Shape: A disc with nail holes and a domed top in the centreCondition: Somewhat deformed and damaged.

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Relief plaque (fragment) (Relief plaque)
Dimensions
Height: 3,5 cm
Depth: 9 cm
Width: 9 cm
Weight: 141 g
Material/Technique
Bronze, Brass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 23963

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Benin [kingdom]
  • Production
    when
    16th century (?)
    where
    Nigeria
    Benin
  • Collecting
    who
    William Ockelford Oldman (1879 - 1949) - Collectors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    16th cent, commissioned by Oba Esigie (r. 1517-1550) or his son Oba Orhogbua (r. 1550-1570), royal palace, Benin City; by inheritance to Oba Ovonramwen (ca. 1857-1914; r. 1888-97), Royal Palace, Benin City; looted in connection with the British conquest of Benin, 1897; in unknown possession after Feb. 1897; acquired by William O. Oldman from the Royal Museum of Ethnology, Berlin, 1909.
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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