Production
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where
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Benin [kingdom]
Photographer: Jörg von Bruchhausen | Rights management: Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
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Container
Wooden box with lid. The box and lid are carved with wickerwork motifs.
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Cataloguing data
- Object type
- Container
- Dimensions
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Weight: 0,7 kg
Height: 8,5 cm
Width: 22 cm
Depth: 14 cm - Material/Technique
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Wood
- Current location
- Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- Inventory number
- III C 19210 a,b
Provenance and sources
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Production
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Production
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when
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19th century
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where
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NigeriaBenin
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Collecting
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who
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Paul Bieger - Former PossessorsHermann Held - Collectors
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Change of legal title:
Acquisition-
Description
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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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Assignment to a curated holding:
Africa
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- Legal status metadata
- CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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