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Benin [kingdom]
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Memorial head of a king
Commemorative heads for kings show the typical insignia: several rows of necklaces and the round cap made of coral beads. In contrast to the art of the 18th and 19th centuries, the reduced formalisation is seen as an expression of naturalistic art, which is due to the influence of Ife, an important centre of Yoruba culture. However, these are not naturalistic portraits in the European sense. Rather, they are ideal portraits that do not depict an individual, but visualise the concept of a king.
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Cataloguing data
- Object type
- Plastic
- Dimensions
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Height: 22 cm
Depth: 20 cm
Width: 19 cm
Weight: 3,8 kg - Material/Technique
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Brass
- Current location
- Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- Inventory number
- III C 8169
Provenance and sources
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Production
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Production
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when
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16th century
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where
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Nigeria
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Collecting
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who
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Eduard Schmidt - Collectors
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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; collected by Consul Eduard Schmidt, employee of the Woermann line, between 1897 and 1898 in the territory of later colonial Nigeria; sold to the Königliches Museum für Völkerkunde in Berlin, 1898.
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Assignment to a curated holding:
Africa
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