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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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Cataloguing data

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

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Benin [kingdom]
  • Production
    when
    17th century
    where
    Nigeria
    Benin
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    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.
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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