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Container in the shape of an antelope's head (Orievbee-enya)

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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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Cataloguing data

Object type
Container
Dimensions
Height: 29 cm
Width: 11,5 cm
Depth: 16,5 cm
Height: 7,7 cm
Width: 28,7 cm
Depth: 11,5 cm
Height: 9,3 cm
Width: 25,7 cm
Depth: 10,2 cm
Weight: 1,4 kg
Material/Technique
Ivory
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 7633 a,b

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Benin [kingdom]
  • Production
    when
    18th cent.
    where
    Nigeria
  • Collecting
    who
    Christie, Manson & Woods - Former Possessors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    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.
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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