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Height: 2 cm Width: 7,5 cm Depth: 7 cm Objektmaß: D: 8,3 cm
Material/Technique
Brass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 10933
Provenance and sources
Production
where
Benin [kingdom]
Production
when
18th century-19th century.
where
Nigeria
Benin
Collecting
who
Siegfried Jaffé - Collectors
Change of legal title: Acquisition
Description
Commissioned by the brass foundry guild Igun Eronmwon in the Kingdom of Benin in the 18th or 19th century; ownership before 1897 currently unknown; probably looted in connection with the British conquest of Benin, 1897; in unknown possession after Feb. 1897; acquired by the Museum für Völkerkunde from Siegfried Jaffé, 1900.
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Arm ring
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Bird hunting
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Memorial head of a queen mother
Ama
Language: Bini
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Relief plate
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Larger hanging plaque with head and catfish legs
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Wooden spoon
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Trailer
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Mug
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Vessel rattle
omele (abo oder ako)
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omele (abo or ako), Omo'le Dundun
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