Production
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where
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Benin [kingdom]
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Depiction of a frog
Fragment of a pendant depicting a frog
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Cataloguing data
- Object type
- Trailer
- Dimensions
- Objektmaß: H: ca. 10,5 cm B: ca. 10 cm
- Material/Technique
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Brass
- Current location
- Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- Inventory number
- III C 12519
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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18th century - 19th century, commissioned by the Igun Eronmwon or guild of brass casters in the Kingdom of Benin; ownership before 1897 currently unknown; probably looted in connection with the British conquest of Benin, 1897; in unknown possession after the conquest of the Kingdom of Benin; acquired by William D. Webster through the Museum für Völkerkunde Berlin, 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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