Side view (right) | Photographer: Martin Franken | Rights management: Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
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Memorial head of a king
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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Plastic
Dimensions
Height: 23 cm
Depth: 19,5 cm
Width: 20 cm
Depth: 19,5 cm
Width: 20 cm
Material/Technique
Brass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 9961
Provenance and sources
where
Benin [kingdom]
when
16th century
where
Nigeria [Land]
Benin [Königreich]
Description
16th cent, Commissioned by the Igun Eronmwon or guild of brass casters in the Kingdom of Benin for a royal memorial altar; inherited by Oba Ovonramwen (ca. 1857-1914; r. 1888-97), Royal Palace, Benin City; probably looted in connection with the British conquest of Benin, 1897; in unknown possession after the conquest of the Kingdom of Benin; acquired by Hans Meyer from William D. Webster, 1899; gift from Hans Meyer to the Royal Museum of Ethnology Berlin, 1899.
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