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Rattle bar

Rattle stick (ukhurhe) from a royal altar

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Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Height: 159,5 cm
Depth: 4,9 cm
Width: 14,3 cm
Height: 191 cm
Depth: 4,9 cm
Width: 14,3 cm
Weight: 12,6 kg
Material/Technique
Brass, copper alloy, Iron, iron
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 9955

Provenance and sources

Production
where
Benin [kingdom]
Production
when
18th century - 19th century
where
Nigeria
Benin
Collecting
who
William Downing Webster (1868-05-11 - 1913-01-14) - Collectors
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Acquisition
Description
Commissioned from the Igun Eronmwon brass foundry guild in the Kingdom of Benin in the 18th or 19th century; probably looted in connection with the British conquest of Benin, 1897; in unknown possession between Feb. 1897 and 1899; acquired by the Museum of Ethnology from William D. Webster, 1899.
Assignment to a curated holding:
Africa

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