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Hairpin
"2 brass hairpins, a with 3 prong upper end, b with m. 2 prong. "a)Shape: A three-ended Y-shaped pin with red beads in the ends (the centre one is missing)b)Form: A Y-shaped pin with red beads in the ends (one missing)
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Object type
Hairpin
Dimensions
Height: 12 cm
Width: 4 cm
Depth: 1 cm
Width: 4 cm
Depth: 1 cm
Material/Technique
Brass, Glass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 12588 b
Provenance and sources
when
19th century
where
Nigeria [Land/Region]
Benin [Königreich]
who
A. Jepsen - Collectors
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 possession after Feb. 1897; acquired by the Museum für Völkerkunde from A. Jepsen, 1901.
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