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where
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Benin [kingdom]
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Bird's claw
The claw is a preserved fragment of such a large bird figurine from one of the spires of the Benin Palace.
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Cataloguing data
- Object type
- Plastic
- Dimensions
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Weight: 4,3 kg
Height: 39,1 cm
Depth: 12 cm
Width: 11,4 cm - Material/Technique
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Brass, Wood, copper alloy, wood
- Current location
- Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- Inventory number
- III C 8501
Provenance and sources
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Production
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Production
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when
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16th century - 17th century
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where
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NigeriaBenin
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Collecting
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who
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Heinrich Bey - Collectors
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Description
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16th century - 17th century, commissioned by the Igun Eronmwon or guild of brass casters in the Kingdom of Benin; probably used as a roof ornament for the royal palace until 1897; looted in connection with the British conquest of Benin, 1897; in unknown possession after the conquest of the Kingdom of Benin; collected on behalf of the firm Bey & Co, between 1897 and 1898 in the territory of later colonial Nigeria; sold to the Königliches Museum für Völkerkunde in Berlin, 1899.
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Assignment to a curated holding:
Africa
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- CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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