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Rattle bar
Rattle stick (ukhurhe) from a royal altar
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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 159,5 x 14,3 x 4,9 cm (nur Objektmaß, ohne feste Halterung)
Objektmaß: 191 x 14,3 x 4,9 cm (mit nachträglich angebrachter Halterung)
Gewicht: 12,6 kg (mit angesetzter Metallhalterung)
Objektmaß: 191 x 14,3 x 4,9 cm (mit nachträglich angebrachter Halterung)
Gewicht: 12,6 kg (mit angesetzter Metallhalterung)
Material/Technique
Brass, copper alloy, Iron, iron
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 9955
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
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.
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