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Benin [kingdom]
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Coconut half with carving
Half of a coconut shell, carved. Depicted is a person in a long beaded robe with bent arms. In his right hand is a ceremonial sword "ebere" with a ring handle and a headdress made of upright feathers. To the side and below the figure are insignia of power known from Benin (snake, rectangular stool, sword of judgement "ada"). Inscription "HARESEGIE" (reference to Oba Esegie?).
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Cataloguing data
- Object type
- Coconut half with carving
- Dimensions
- Objektmaß: L: 14,5 cm B: ca. 9 cm
- Material/Technique
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Wood
- Current location
- Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- Inventory number
- III C 21935 a
Provenance and sources
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Production
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Production
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when
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18th century - 19th century
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where
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NigeriaBenin
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Collecting
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who
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Max von Stefenelli - Collectors
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Description
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19th century, commissioned work in the Kingdom of Benin; probably owned by Oba Ovonramwen or his circle in exile until ca. 1908; acquired by Max von Stefenelli around 1908; donated by M. von Stefenelli to the Königliches Museum für Völkerkunde Berlin, 1908.
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Assignment to a curated holding:
Africa
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- CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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