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High-ranking dignitary with eben sword and leopard belt mask

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Relief plaque
Dimensions
Gewicht: 5,2 kg
Objektmaß: 48,5 x 19,5 x 9 cm
Material/Technique
Brass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 8261

Provenance and sources

where
Benin [kingdom]

when
16th century
where
Nigeria [Land]

who
Meyer, Hans - Collectors

Description
16th cent, commissioned by Oba Esigie (r. 1517-1550) or his son Oba Orhogbua (r. 1550-1570), royal palace, Benin City; by inheritance to Oba Ovonramwen (ca. 1857-1914; r. 1888-97), Royal Palace, Benin City; looted in connection with the British conquest of Benin, 1897; purchased by Hans Meyer, between 1897 and 1898; donated to the Royal Museum of Ethnology in Berlin, 1899.

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