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Chair leg (Leg of a chair)
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Chair leg in relief depicting a Portuguese with a sword and umbrella, another sword and a pistol on his belt. A cannon under the umbrella and in the lower field.

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Chair leg (Leg of a chair)
Dimensions
Weight: 0,6 kg
Height: 40 cm
Width: 13,5 cm
Depth: 1,5 cm
Material/Technique
Wood , Metal
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 8069

Provenance and sources

where
Benin [kingdom]
when
19th century
where
Nigeria [Land]
who
William Downing Webster (de.fiz.ddb.model.ddbobject.WhenType$Begin@9da5ed1 - de.fiz.ddb.model.ddbobject.WhenType$End@21f123b8) - Former Possessors
Description
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 between Feb. 1897 and 1898; acquired by the Museum of Ethnology from William D. Webster, 1898.

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