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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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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Plastic
Dimensions
Gewicht: 4,3 kg
Objektmaß: 39,1 x 11,4 x 12 cm
Objektmaß: 39,1 x 11,4 x 12 cm
Material/Technique
Brass, Wood, copper alloy, wood
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 8501
Provenance and sources
where
Benin [kingdom]
when
16th century - 17th century
where
Nigeria [Land]
Benin [Königreich]
who
Heinrich Bey - Collectors
Description
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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