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Staff
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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Staff
Dimensions
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 89,5 x 4,5 x 2 cm
Länge: 90 cm
Länge: 90 cm
Material/Technique
Ebony
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 7675
Provenance and sources
where
Benin [kingdom]
when
19th century
where
Nigeria [Land]
who
Eduard Schmidt - Collectors
Description
18th century - 19th century, commissioned in the Kingdom of Benin; ownership before 1897 currently unknown; probably looted in connection with the British conquest of Benin, 1897; in unknown possession after the conquest of the Kingdom of Benin; collected by the German consul and employee of the Woermann line, Eduard Schmidt, 1897-1898; acquired by the Royal Museum of Ethnology, 1898.
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