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Human sculpture

Male, with shouldered rifleCondition: rifle bent.

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Object type
Human sculpture
Dimensions
Objektmaß: H: 19 cm
Height: 19 cm
Width: 6,5 cm
Depth: 5 cm
Material/Technique
Bronze, Brass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 34410
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Provenance and sources

where
Benin [kingdom]
where
Nigeria
Benin (?)
who
Description
19th century - 20th century, commissioned in the Kingdom of Benin, possibly after 1897; if created before 1897, ownership before 1897 currently unknown and possibly looted in connection with the British conquest of Benin, 1897; in unknown ownership before 1934; acquired by Ernst von Carnap-Quernheimb, 1934.

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