Container in the shape of an antelope's head (Orievbee-enya) | Photographer: Claudia Obrocki
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Container in the shape of an antelope's head (Orievbee-enya)
The container was used to offer kola nuts when receiving guests. The ivory material suggests that this was a kola nut jar owned by the king.
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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Container
Dimensions
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 29 x 11,5 x 16,5 cm (Teil a,b)
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 7,7 x 28,7 x 11,5 cm (Oberteil)
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 9,3 x 25,7 x 10,2 cm (Unterteil)
Gewicht: 1,4 kg
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 7,7 x 28,7 x 11,5 cm (Oberteil)
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 9,3 x 25,7 x 10,2 cm (Unterteil)
Gewicht: 1,4 kg
Material/Technique
Ivory
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 7633 a,b
Provenance and sources
where
Benin [kingdom]
when
18th cent.
where
Nigeria [Land]
who
Christie, Manson & Woods - Former Possessors
Description
Royal commission to the Guild of Ivory Carvers in the Kingdom of Benin during the 18th century; by inheritance to Oba Ovonramwen (ca. 1857-1914; r. 1888-97), Royal Palace, Benin City; looted in connection with the British conquest of Benin, 1897; owned by the firm of Christie, Manson & Woods until 1897; sold to the Royal Museum of Ethnology in Berlin, 1897.
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