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Memorial head of a queen mother

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Memorial head from the altar of a queen mother with the typical pointed and slightly forward-curved coral bead bonnet.

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Plastic
Dimensions
Weight: 15,8 kg
Height: 51 cm
Depth: 30 cm
Width: 30 cm
Material/Technique
Brass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 8186

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Benin [kingdom]
  • Production
    when
    18th cent.
    where
    Nigeria
  • Collecting
    who
    Eduard Schmidt - Collectors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    18th century, commissioned by the Igun Eronmwon or guild of brass casters in the Kingdom of Benin; location unknown in the Kingdom of Benin until 1897; 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 what later became colonial Nigeria; sold to the Königliches Museum für Völkerkunde in Berlin, 1898.
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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