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where
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Benin [kingdom]
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Trailer
Oval ivory pendant with depiction of a crocodile head
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Cataloguing data
- Object type
- Trailer
- Dimensions
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Height: 18 cm
Width: 13 cm
Depth: 6,3 cm - Material/Technique
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Ivory
, Iron (?)
- Current location
- Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- Inventory number
- III C 33194
Provenance and sources
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Production
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Production
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when
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18th century-19th century.
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where
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NigeriaBenin
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Description
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18th century - 19th century, commissioned in the Kingdom of Benin; ownership before 1897 currently unknown; probably looted in connection with the British conquest of Benin, 1897; in unknown ownership after Feb. 1897; purchased from the estate of von Felix von Luschan, 1924.
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Assignment to a curated holding:
Africa
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- CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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