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Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 8086 a-i
Provenance and sources
Production
where
Benin [kingdom]
Production
when
18th century-19th century.
where
Nigeria
Collecting
who
Eduard Schmidt - Collectors
Change of legal title: Acquisition
Description
18th - 19th century, commissioned; probably looted in connection with the British conquest of Benin, 1897; in unknown possession after the conquest of the Kingdom of Benin; collected by Consul Eduard Schmidt, employee of the Woermann line, between 1897 and 1898 in the territory of later colonial Nigeria; sold to the Royal Museum of Ethnology in Berlin, 1898.
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key
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Relief plate with Oba on horseback
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Chair leg (Leg of a chair)
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Sceptre
asiokum
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Mask
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Mask for protective spells
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Relief plate: Warrior with ododo helmet, spear and shield
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Header mask
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Jewellery bead
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