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Depiction of a frog
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Fragment of a pendant depicting a frog

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Trailer
Dimensions
Objektmaß: H: ca. 10,5 cm B: ca. 10 cm
Material/Technique
Brass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 12519

Provenance and sources

where
Benin [kingdom]

when
18th century - 19th century
where
Nigeria [Land]
Benin [Königreich]

who
William Downing Webster (1868-05-11 - 1913-01-14) - Collectors

Description
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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