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These ritually used sculptures represent trees that symbolize the connection between this world's earth and the otherworldly upper world. They were used by religious specialists for their tasks of healing the sick, making divinations or fighting harmful "witches". These gather on trees in the form of birds. The chameleons depicted mean such religious specialists climbing up to them in animal form. Text: Dietmar Neitzke.
In October 1898, the Hamburg company "H. Bey & Co" offered the Berlin Ethnological Museum a Benin collection that came directly from Africa. However, due to a lack of funds, the entire collection could not be purchased and was therefore to be passed on to other interested parties. Felix von Luschan of the Berlin Museum therefore informed Karl Graf von Linden in November 1898, and offered him a right of first refusal. The Linden Museum then made 15,000 M available for the purchase of objects. The purchase price was paid by the Heilbronn entrepreneur Karl Knorr, which is why the collection became known as "Die Karl Knorr'sche Sammlung von Benin-Altertümern". Von Luschan published a detailed description of the collection under the same title (1901) on behalf of Count Linden and Knorr. Other buyers of the collection included the museums in Vienna and Munich, but also people such as Hans Meyer (Leipzig) and Eugen Rautenstrauch (Cologne). Text: Markus Himmelsbach.
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Fragment of a relief panel: dignitary with ekpokin box
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Relief plate: Court musician
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Altar head
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Hip or belt pendant with Oba and two companions (triad depiction)
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Aquamanile in the shape of a leopard
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Figure of a Portuguese
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Cock
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Relief plate courtly member with helmet
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Relief panel with two Portuguese
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