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Relief plaque (fragment) (Relief plaque)
"Bronze hump. "Shape: A disc with nail holes and a domed top in the centreCondition: Somewhat deformed and damaged.
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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Relief plaque (fragment) (Relief plaque)
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 3,5 x 9 x 9 cm
Gewicht: 141 g
Gewicht: 141 g
Material/Technique
Bronze, Brass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 23963
Provenance and sources
where
Benin [kingdom]
when
16th century (?)
where
Nigeria [Land/Region]
Benin [Königreich]
who
William Ockelford Oldman (1879 - 1949) - Collectors
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.
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