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Snakehead
Snake head with scale pattern, open mouth with carefully worked upper and lower row of teeth.
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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Plastic
Dimensions
Objektmaß: H: ca. 52 cm B: ca. 36 cm
Objektmaß: 19,5 x 51 x 37,5 cm
Gewicht: 16 kg
Objektmaß: 19,5 x 51 x 37,5 cm
Gewicht: 16 kg
Material/Technique
Brass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 8515
Provenance and sources
where
Benin [kingdom]
when
18th century-19th century.
where
Nigeria [Land]
Benin [Königreich]
who
Heinrich Bey - Collectors
Description
18th century - 19th century, commissioned by the Igun Eronmwon or Guild of Brass Casters in the Kingdom of Benin; probably used as a roof ornament in the royal palace until 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 later colonial Nigeria; sold to the Königliches Museum für Völkerkunde in Berlin, 1899.
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