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The sound stick was used during the Ugie Oro ceremony. It commemorates an event from the reign of King Esigie (early 16th century), who killed a bird because of a false prophecy.
Height: 26 cm Depth: 8 cm Width: 13 cm Weight: 0,512 kg
Material/Technique
Brass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 12535
Provenance and sources
Production
where
Benin [kingdom]
Production
when
18th century - 19th century
where
Nigeria
Benin
Collecting
who
Fr. Lüttge - Collectors
Change of legal title: Acquisition
Description
18th century - 19th century, commissioned by the brass foundry guild Igun Eronmwon 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 Feb. 1897; acquired by the Museum für Völkerkunde from Fr Lüttge, 1901.
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Plucked idiophone with laced reeds and resonator
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Long horn with mouthpiece
Carrizo Peduva
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Pan flute
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Docked pan flute
balingbing
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balingbing
seperewa
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seperewa
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Hurdy-gurdy
mkinda
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Single cylinder drum
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Reed flute
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String bow
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