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Female sculpture

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Female sculpture
Dimensions
Weight: 0,7 kg
Height: 20,5 cm
Width: 8 cm
Depth: 5,5 cm
Material/Technique
Bronze, Brass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 26394

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Benin [kingdom]
  • Production
    when
    19th century - 20th century
    where
    Nigeria
    Benin (?)
  • Collecting
    who
    Röhwer - Collectors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    19th century - 20th century, commissioned work in the Kingdom of Benin, possibly in the interregnum after 1897; if made before 1897, probably looted in connection with the British conquest of Benin, 1897; in unknown possession before 1910; acquired by Mr(?) Röhwer, 1910.
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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