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Memorial head of a king

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Ethnologisches Museum Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Object type
Sculpture (Sculpture)
Dimensions
Weight: 3,9 kg
Height: 23,5 cm
Width: 13,5 cm
Depth: 15,3 cm
Material/Technique
Ivory , Iron
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 17109

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Benin [kingdom]
  • Production
    when
    18th century - 19th century
    where
    Benin
    Nigeria
  • Collecting
    who
    William Downing Webster (1868-05-11 - 1913-01-14) - Collectors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    18th century - 19th century, commissioned work 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; acquired by William D. Webster, 1903.
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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