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Priest or dignitary
The figure carries containers with powerful substances on a chain in front of its chest and in its hands. The snakes on the head and between the legs and the two chameleons on the headdress also symbolise spiritual power.
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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Plastic
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 48 x 10 x 10 cm
Gewicht: 7,8 kg
Gewicht: 7,8 kg
Material/Technique
Brass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 10872
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) - Collectors
Description
18th century - 19th century, commissioned by the Igun Eronmwon or guild of brass casters in the Kingdom of Benin; ownership before 1897 currently unknown; probably looted in connection with the British conquest of Benin, 1897; in unknown possession after the conquest of the Kingdom of Benin; acquired by William D. Webster, 1900.
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