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where
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Benin [kingdom]
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Brass vessel (cup)
Cup-shaped, cylindrical vessel with an angular handle. The outer surface is carefully decorated with reliefs.
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Cataloguing data
- Object type
- Brass vessel (cup)
- Dimensions
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Height: 3,5 cm
Diameter: 4 cm - Material/Technique
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Bronze, Brass
- Current location
- Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- Inventory number
- III C 23974
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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William John Ansorge (1850 - 1913-10-31) - Collectors
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Description
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Commissioned from the Igun Eronmwon brass foundry guild in the Kingdom of Benin in the 18th or 19th century; probably looted in connection with the British conquest of Benin, 1897; in unknown ownership after Feb. 1897; acquired in a village near Benin City by W.J. Ansorge before 1905; auctioned by J.C. Stevens, 1909.
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Assignment to a curated holding:
Africa
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- CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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