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Arm cuff
The Oba (king) of Benin put on such broad ivory arm cuffs for certain festivals. The ivory carvers worked almost exclusively for the state cult to glorify the religious-political order. Therefore, they ritually prepared for their work and considered themselves inspired by spiritual beings. The interpretation of the heavily worn reliefs as heads of Portuguese and lungfish (rather than catfish) seems plausible. Text: Dietmar Neitzke.
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Cataloguing data
- Cultural attribution
- Edo
- Object type
- Arm cuff
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 7.8 cm
Height: 12.5 cm - Material/Technique
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Ivory, Copper
Driven, carved
- Current location
- Linden-Museum Stuttgart
- Inventory number
- 117889
Provenance and sources
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Assignment to a curated holding:
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Change of physical control or legal title
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where
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Nigeria
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Change of physical control
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when
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1940
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- Provenance
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The inventory book noted for this object that it was probably purchased by Hans Meyer from W.D. Webster before it came to the Linden Museum through Seeger. A reference image can be found in W.D. Webster's Illustrated Catalogue 29, fig. 13 (11275). Text: Markus Himmelsbach.
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- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED
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