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Sword
Ebẹn | Rights management: Museumsgesellschaft RJM Köln, Uli Grohs
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Ebẹn
Language: Bini
Ceremonial sword
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Cultural attribution
Edo
Object type
ceremonial swords
Dimensions
1000 x 230 x 181
mm
Material/Technique
Iron alloy; mammal tooth,
tusk; wood; fibre, vegetable; skin, animal
Current location
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Inventory number
RJM 49
Other number(s)
RJM 1901/09 (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:
Donation
when
1901-20-11
who
Theodor Rautenstrauch (1873 -
1907) - Donors
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum für Völkerkunde - Recipients
Source(s)
Handwritten note, RJM file
1901/09
Restitution (cultural policy)
when
2022-15-12
where
Cologne
who
Stadt Köln
Bundesrepublik
Nigeria - Recipients
Description
Transfer of ownership with subsequent
to remain in the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum on loan for 10 years
(until 2032-15-12)
Source(s)
Agreement on the return of
Benin bronzes between the City of Cologne and the Federal Republic of
Nigeria
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