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Arm ring
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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Arm ring
Dimensions
Objektmaß: D: 10 cm
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 1,5 x 7,5 x 7,5 cm
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 1,5 x 7,5 x 7,5 cm
Material/Technique
Brass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 9956
Provenance and sources
where
Benin [kingdom]
when
18th century-19th century.
where
Nigeria [Land]
Benin [Königreich]
who
William Downing Webster (1868-05-11 - 1913-01-14) - Collectors
Description
Commissioned from the Igun Eronmwon brass foundry guild 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 between Feb. 1897 and 1899; acquired by the Museum of Ethnology from William D. Webster, 1899.
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