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where
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Benin [kingdom]
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- Object type
- Plastic
- Dimensions
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Weight: 5,4 kg
Objektmaß: cm H: 20,5 cm, D der Plinthe: 22 cm
Height: 20,5 cm
Width: 22 cm
Depth: 22 cm - Material/Technique
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Brass
- Current location
- Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- Inventory number
- III C 8494
Provenance and sources
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Production
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Production
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when
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16th 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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Heinrich Bey - Collectors
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Description
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16th century - 19th 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; collected on behalf of the firm Bey & Co., between 1897 and 1898 in the territory of later colonial Nigeria; sold to the Königliches Museum für Völkerkunde in Berlin, 1899.
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Assignment to a curated holding:
Africa
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