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Wooden box with lid. The box and lid are carved with wickerwork motifs.
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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Container
Dimensions
Gewicht: 0,7 kg
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 8,5 x 22 x 14 cm
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 8,5 x 22 x 14 cm
Material/Technique
Wood
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 19210 a,b
Provenance and sources
where
Benin [kingdom]
when
19th century
where
Nigeria [Land]
Benin [Königreich]
who
Paul Bieger - Former Possessors
Hermann Held - Collectors
Description
Commissioned by the Guild of Woodcarvers in the Kingdom of Benin before 1897 or during the interregnum after 1897; ownership before 1897 currently unknown; possibly looted in connection with the British conquest of Benin, 1897; owned by Hermann Held before 1905; sold to the Königliches Museum für Völkerkunde in Berlin, 1905.
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