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Benin [kingdom]
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Crocodile skull
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Cataloguing data
- Object type
- Plastic
- Dimensions
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Height: 15,5 cm
Depth: 4,5 cm
Width: 10,5 cm - Material/Technique
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Brass
- Current location
- Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- Inventory number
- III C 18944
Provenance and sources
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Production
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Production
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when
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18th century - 19th century
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where
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NigeriaBenin
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Collecting
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who
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Oscar Kaiser - Former Possessors
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Description
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18th century - 19th 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; acquired by Oscar Kaiser, 1904.
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Assignment to a curated holding:
Africa
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- CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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