Emwiegbe

Language: Bini
Language: Bini
Ornament (fragment)
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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Edo
Object type
charms (jewelry)
Dimensions
258 x 130 x 14 mm
Material/Technique
Copper alloy; pigment, mineral
Current location
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Inventory number
RJM 15936
Other number(s)
RJM 1905/13 (Convolute number)

Provenance and sources

Production
where
Nigeria
historical: Kingdom Benin
Africa -> West Africa -> Nigeria
Assignment to a curated holding:
Africa
Change of physical control or legal title:
Not clarified
who
Laurence
Change of physical control or legal title:
Purchase
when
1902-10-02
where
London
who
Laurence - Sellers
William Ockelford Oldman - Buyers
Change of physical control or legal title:
Purchase
when
1905-29-09
who
William Ockelford Oldman - Sellers
Restitution (cultural policy)
when
2022-15-12
where
Cologne
who
Stadt Köln
Bundesrepublik Nigeria - Recipients
Description
This Benin court artwork will remain on loan to the museum in the museum until it is physically restituted in the coming years. in the coming years.
Source(s)
Agreement on the return of Benin bronzes between the City of Cologne and the Federal Republic of Nigeria

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