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Double gong
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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 32,8 x 16,9 x 6,9 cm
Gewicht: 934 g
Gewicht: 934 g
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 8502
Provenance and sources
where
Benin [kingdom]
when
19th century
where
Nigeria [Land]
Benin [Königreich]
who
Heinrich Bey - Collectors
Description
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; collected on behalf of the firm of Bey & Co. between 1897 and 1898 in the area that later became colonial Nigeria; sold to the Königliches Museum für Völkerkunde in Berlin, 1899.
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