King with two supporting companion pieces | Photographer: Jörg von Bruchhausen
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King with two supporting companion pieces
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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cataloguing data
Object type
Pendant for the belt
Dimensions
Gewicht: 0,69 kg
Objektmaß: 15,5 x 14 x 5 cm
Objektmaß: 15,5 x 14 x 5 cm
Material/Technique
Brass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 8753
Provenance and sources
where
Benin [kingdom]
when
18th cent.
where
Nigeria [Land]
Benin [Königreich]
who
Theo Rautenstrauch - Collectors
Description
18th century, commissioned by the Igun Eronmwon or guild of brass casters 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; gift of Theo Rautenstrauch to the Royal Museum of Ethnology Berlin, 1899.
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