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Benin [kingdom]
Side view (right) | Photographer: Martin Franken | Rights management: Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
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Leopard (Aquamanile)
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
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Weight: 10,4 kg
Height: 44 cm
Depth: 66,5 cm
Width: 15 cm - Material/Technique
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Brass
- Current location
- Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- Inventory number
- III C 10877
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Production
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Production
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17th century
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NigeriaBenin
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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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Assignment to a curated holding:
Africa
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