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Leopard (Aquamanile)
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The leopard is an aquamanile, a watering vessel for the king's ritual ablutions before ceremonies at the ancestral altars.

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Aquamanile
Dimensions
Gewicht: 10,4 kg
Objektmaß: 44 x 15 x 66,5 cm
Material/Technique
Brass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 10877

Provenance and sources

where
Benin [kingdom]

when
17th century
where
Nigeria [Land]
Benin [Königreich]

who
Meyer, Hans - Collectors

Description
17th century, commissioned by the Igun Eronmwon or Guild of Brass Casters in the Kingdom of Benin; ownership before 1897 currently unknown; looted in connection with the British conquest of Benin, 1897; in unknown possession after the conquest of the Kingdom of Benin; purchased by Hans Meyer at Stevens' Auction Rooms Ltd, London (J.C. Stevens), 1899; loaned by Hans Meyer to the Royal Museum of Ethnology Berlin; purchased by the museum, ca. 1900.

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