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where
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Benin [kingdom]
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Container with lid
Carved wooden box with lid. Depiction of a king (Oba) and a Portuguese man on the lid.
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Cataloguing data
- Object type
- Container with lid
- Dimensions
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Weight: 0,2 kg
Weight: 0,3 kg
Height: 3,4 cm
Width: 33 cm
Depth: 7,8 cm
Height: 4,5 cm
Width: 33 cm
Depth: 7,5 cm
Height: 7 cm
Width: 33 cm
Depth: 7,8 cm
Weight: 0,5 kg - Material/Technique
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Wood
- Current location
- Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- Inventory number
- III C 23976 a,b
Provenance and sources
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Production
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Production
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when
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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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Change of legal title:
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Description
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Commissioned in the Kingdom of Benin in the 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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