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Chair leg (Leg of a chair)
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Chair leg in relief depicting a king or high dignitary with a sword and horse's head. A cannon in the lower field.

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Chair leg (Leg of a chair)
Dimensions
Height: 39 cm
Width: 12,5 cm
Depth: 1,5 cm
Weight: 0,6 kg
Material/Technique
Wood
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 8064

Provenance and sources

where
Benin [kingdom]
when
19th century
where
Nigeria [Land]
who
William Downing Webster (de.fiz.ddb.model.ddbobject.WhenType$Begin@6e7c7219 - de.fiz.ddb.model.ddbobject.WhenType$End@e35b648) - Former Possessors
Description
19th century, commissioned in the Kingdom of Benin; ownership before 1897 currently unknown; probably looted in connection with the British conquest of Benin, 1897; in unknown possession between Feb. 1897 and 1898; acquired by the Museum of Ethnology from William D. Webster, 1898.

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