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Bell

Square bell, fragment broken off at the lower edge. A human head on one side.

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Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Height: 20,5 cm
Depth: 10 cm
Width: 10 cm
Weight: 0,95 kg
Material/Technique
Bronze, Brass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 19142

Provenance and sources

Production
where
Benin [kingdom]
Production
when
18th century - 19th century
where
Nigeria
Benin
Collecting
who
Frau Erdmann - Former Possessors
Change of legal title:
Acquisition
Description
18th century - 19th century, commissioned work of the Igun Eronmwon or Guild of Brass Casters in the Kingdom of Benin; probably looted in connection with the British conquest of Benin, 1897; in unknown possession after the conquest of the Kingdom of Benin; acquired by Mrs Erdmann, 1905.
Assignment to a curated holding:
Africa

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