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where
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Benin [kingdom]
Photographer: Claudia Obrocki | Rights management: Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
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Head of a king
Belt masks cast from brass were worn by high-ranking members of palace society. While scholars consider these masks to be depictions of the king due to their rich decoration with coral beads, in Benin they are regarded as images of a defeated rebel dignitary.
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Cataloguing data
- Object type
- Belt mask
- Dimensions
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Weight: 0,549 kg
Height: 19 cm
Depth: 6 cm
Width: 11,5 cm - Material/Technique
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Brass
- Current location
- Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- Inventory number
- III C 8756
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 Downing Webster (1868-05-11 - 1913-01-14) - 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; ownership before 1897 currently unknown; probably looted in connection with the British conquest of Benin, 1897; in unknown possession between Feb. 1897 and 1899; acquired by the Museum of Ethnology from William D. Webster, 1899.
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Assignment to a curated holding:
Africa
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- CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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