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where
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Benin [kingdom]
Photographer: Martin Franken | Rights management: Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
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Emuru with ram-headed rattle
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- Ethnologisches Museum Show original at data provider
Cataloguing data
- Object type
- Relief plaque
- Dimensions
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Height: 39,8 cm
Depth: 6,1 cm
Width: 21,6 cm
Weight: 4,1 kg - Material/Technique
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Brass, copper alloy
- Current location
- Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- Inventory number
- III C 27506
Provenance and sources
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Production
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Production
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when
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16th century
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where
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NigeriaBenin
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Collecting
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who
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Julius Konietzko (1886 - 1952-04-27) - Collectors
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Description
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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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Assignment to a curated holding:
Africa
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