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King with two supporting companion pieces

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Pendant for the belt
Dimensions
Weight: 0,688 kg
Height: 15,5 cm
Depth: 5 cm
Width: 14 cm
Material/Technique
Brass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 8753

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Benin [kingdom]
  • Production
    when
    18th cent.
    where
    Nigeria
    Benin
  • Collecting
    who
    Theo Rautenstrauch - Collectors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    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.
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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