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Trailer

Oval ivory pendant with depiction of a crocodile head

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Object type
Trailer
Dimensions
Height: 18 cm
Width: 13 cm
Depth: 6,3 cm
Material/Technique
Ivory , Iron (?)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 33194

Provenance and sources

Production
where
Benin [kingdom]
Production
when
18th century-19th century.
where
Nigeria
Benin
Collecting
who
Luschan, Felix von - Collectors
Change of legal title:
Acquisition
Description
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.
Assignment to a curated holding:
Africa

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