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Depictions of dignitaries with eben swords

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Arm cuff
Dimensions
Height: 14,3 cm
Depth: 11 cm
Width: 11 cm
Weight: 1.044 g
Material/Technique
Brass, Iron
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 8074

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Benin [kingdom]
  • Production
    when
    19th century
    where
    Nigeria
  • Collecting
    who
    William Downing Webster (1868-05-11 - 1913-01-14) - Former Possessors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    19th century, commissioned in the Kingdom of Benin; ownership before 1897 currently unknown; probably looted in connection with the British conquest of Benin, 1897; in unknown ownership after Feb. 1897; acquired by William D. Webster, 1898.
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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