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The soft sound of these sticks was part of ceremonies to banish spiritual beings from the royal palace or the homes of dignitaries.

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Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Weight: 1,1 kg
Height: 27,5 cm
Depth: 4 cm
Width: 7 cm
Material/Technique
Brass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 12510
Related object(s)
Activity : Vorgang: E 1041/1899, Erwerbung: I/39/1901: III C 12507-12510, drei Köpfe, ein glockenförmiger Gegenstand (Benin), J.C. Stevens - Theodor Francke beauftr. Agent (Firma) - Val. Weisbach Erben -- Antrag von Luschan betr. Reise nach London zur Besichtigung von Benin-Altertümern (4.10.1899) -- Korr. zw. Mattika (Agent für Auktion) und Luschan wg. Auktionsmodaltäten, Absprache des Limits (S. 126-127), sowie Listen der Objekte (S. 129-130). Brief Luschans (S. 131). -- Schreiben Luschan an Valentin Weisbach, bittet um 5000 Mark Darlehen für MV für das Etatjahr für Benin Auktion (4.10.1899) -- Luschan Anfrage an Dr. Hans Meyer (z.Z. Kaiserhof, Berlin) wg. ev. Wünsche oder Aufträge für Auktion an Ihn (4.10.1899) -- Luschan an Stevens um sein Kommen anzukündigen (7.10.1899) + weiterer Brief Luschans (S. 132) -- Luschan an Baessler (S. 133) und AW Baessler (S. 134) -- GV Aktenvermerke und Notizen Bastian (S. 135) -- Beilage (S. 92): 2 Auktionskataloge 1899 J.C. Stephens (Curiosities), 1899, J.C. Stevens (1899)
Vorgang: E 1041/1899, Erwerbung: I/39/1901: III C 12507-12510, drei Köpfe, ein glockenförmiger Gegenstand (Benin), J.C. Stevens - Theodor Francke beauftr. Agent (Firma) - Val. Weisbach Erben -- Antrag von Luschan betr. Reise nach London zur Besichtigung von Benin-Altertümern (4.10.1899) -- Korr. zw. Mattika (Agent für Auktion) und Luschan wg. Auktionsmodaltäten, Absprache des Limits (S. 126-127), sowie Listen der Objekte (S. 129-130). Brief Luschans (S. 131). -- Schreiben Luschan an Valentin Weisbach, bittet um 5000 Mark Darlehen für MV für das Etatjahr für Benin Auktion (4.10.1899) -- Luschan Anfrage an Dr. Hans Meyer (z.Z. Kaiserhof, Berlin) wg. ev. Wünsche oder Aufträge für Auktion an Ihn (4.10.1899) -- Luschan an Stevens um sein Kommen anzukündigen (7.10.1899) + weiterer Brief Luschans (S. 132) -- Luschan an Baessler (S. 133) und AW Baessler (S. 134) -- GV Aktenvermerke und Notizen Bastian (S. 135) -- Beilage (S. 92): 2 Auktionskataloge 1899 J.C. Stephens (Curiosities), 1899, J.C. Stevens (1899)

Provenance and sources

where
Benin [kingdom]
when
18th century-19th century.
where
Nigeria [Land]
Benin [Königreich]
who
Weisbach, Valentin
who
J.C. Stevens - Former Possessors
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 from J.C. Stevens (Stevens' Auction Rooms Ltd., London) by the Museum für Völkerkunde Berlin, 1899.

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