Emuru with ram-headed rattle | Photographer: Martin Franken
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Emuru with ram-headed rattle
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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Relief plaque
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 39,8 x 21,6 x 6,1 cm
Gewicht: 4,1 kg
Gewicht: 4,1 kg
Material/Technique
Brass, copper alloy
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 27506
Provenance and sources
where
Benin [kingdom]
when
16th century
where
Nigeria [Land]
Benin [Königreich]
who
Julius Konietzko (1886 - 1952-04-27) - Collectors
Description
16th cent, commissioned by Oba Esigie (r. 1517-1550) or his son Oba Orhogbua (r. 1550-1570), Royal Palace, Benin City; 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; in unknown possession after Feb. 1897; acquired by Julius Konietzko, 1913.
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