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Ivory blowing horn with depiction of a crocodile

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 27 x 3,5 x 3,5 cm
Gewicht: 0,3 kg
Material/Technique
Ivory
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 26374

Provenance and sources

where
Benin [kingdom]

when
18th century-19th century.
where
Nigeria [Land]
Benin [Königreich]

who
William Downing Webster (1868-05-11 - 1913-01-14) - Former Possessors

Description
Commissioned in the Kingdom of Benin in the 18th or 19th century; probably looted in connection with the British conquest of Benin, 1897; in unknown possession after Feb. 1897; acquired by the Museum of Ethnology from William D. Webster, 1910.

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