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Benin [kingdom]
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Knives
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Cataloguing data
- Object type
- Knives
- Dimensions
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Weight: 0,27 kg
Height: 1,6 cm
Width: 27,5 cm
Depth: 7 cm
Objektmaß: cm L: 27 cm - Material/Technique
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Brass
- Current location
- Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- Inventory number
- III C 10869
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Production
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Production
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when
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18th century-19th century.
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where
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NigeriaBenin
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Description
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18th century - 19th century, commissioned work 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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Assignment to a curated holding:
Africa
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- CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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