Production
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where
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Benin [kingdom]
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Human figure
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- Ethnologisches Museum Show original at data provider
Cataloguing data
- Object type
- Plastic
- Dimensions
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Weight: 1,325 kg
Height: 17,5 cm
Width: 8 cm
Depth: 5 cm
Depth: 16 cm - Material/Technique
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Bronze, Brass
- Current location
- Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- Inventory number
- III C 14499 c
Provenance and sources
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Production
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Production
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where
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NigeriaBenin
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Collecting
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who
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W.H. Himburg - Collectors
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Description
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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 ownership after Feb. 1897; acquired by W.H. Himburg, 1902.
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Assignment to a curated holding:
Africa
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- Legal status metadata
- CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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