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Knives
Knives. According to the main catalogue "sacrifical knife"
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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Knives
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 28 x 8 x 3 cm
Material/Technique
Brass, Iron
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 8077
Provenance and sources
where
Benin [kingdom]
when
19th century
where
Nigeria [Land]
who
William Downing Webster (1868-05-11 - 1913-01-14) - Former Possessors
Description
Commissioned in the Kingdom of Benin in the 18th or 19th century; ownership before 1897 currently unknown; probably looted in connection with the British conquest of Benin, 1897; in unknown possession between Feb. 1897 and 1898; acquired by the Museum of Ethnology from William D. Webster, 1898.
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