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Female sculpture
Data Provider
Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Female sculpture
Dimensions
Gewicht: 0,7 kg
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 20,5 x 8 x 5,5 cm
Material/Technique
Bronze, Brass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 26394

Provenance and sources

where
Benin [kingdom]

when
19th century - 20th century
where
Nigeria [Land/Region]
Benin (?) [Königreich]

who
Röhwer - Collectors

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.

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