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Bell with iron clapper

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Cataloguing data

Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Height: 10,5 cm
Depth: 6 cm
Width: 6 cm
Material/Technique
Brass, Iron
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 14473

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Benin [kingdom]
  • Production
    when
    18th century - 19th century
    where
    Nigeria
    Benin
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    18th century - 19th century, commissioned by the brass foundry guild Igun Eronmwon in the Kingdom of Benin; probably looted in connection with the British conquest of Benin, 1897; in unknown possession after Feb. 1897; acquired by the Museum für Völkerkunde as a gift from Felix von Luschan, 1902.
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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