Memorial head of a king | Photographer: Jörg von Bruchhausen
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Memorial head of a king
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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Sculpture (Sculpture)
Dimensions
Gewicht: 3,9 kg
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 23,5 x 13,5 x 15,3 cm
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 23,5 x 13,5 x 15,3 cm
Material/Technique
Ivory , Iron
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 17109
Provenance and sources
where
Benin [kingdom]
when
18th century - 19th century
where
Benin [Königreich]
Nigeria [Land]
who
William Downing Webster (1868-05-11 - 1913-01-14) - Collectors
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.
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