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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Arm cuff
Dimensions
: cm
: cm
Weight: 567 g
: cm
Weight: 567 g
Material/Technique
Brass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 10867
Provenance and sources
where
Benin [kingdom]
when
19th century
where
Nigeria [Land]
Benin [Königreich]
who
Meyer, Hans - Former Possessors
William Downing Webster (de.fiz.ddb.model.ddbobject.WhenType$Begin@691e7991 - de.fiz.ddb.model.ddbobject.WhenType$End@1f769da8) - Collectors
Description
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 ownership after the conquest of the Kingdom of Benin; purchased by Hans Meyer from William D. Webster, 1899; exchanged with Hans Meyer, 1899.
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