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Jug
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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Jug
Dimensions
Gewicht: 3050 g
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 35,5 x 16,5 x 16,5 cm
Höhe: 35 cm
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 35,5 x 16,5 x 16,5 cm
Höhe: 35 cm
Material/Technique
Brass, Plaster
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 8497 a
Provenance and sources
where
Benin [kingdom]
when
19th century
where
Nigeria [Land]
Benin [Königreich]
who
Heinrich Bey - Collectors
Description
19th century, commissioned by the Igun Eronmwon or guild of brass casters in the Kingdom of Benin; in currently unknown possession before 1897; probably looted in connection with the British conquest of Benin, 1897; in unknown possession after the conquest of the Kingdom of Benin; collected on behalf of the firm Bey & Co. between 1897 and 1898 in the territory of the later colonial Nigeria; sold to the Königliches Museum für Völkerkunde in Berlin, 1899.
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