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Altarpiece (group of figures, sculpture)

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Group with 8 human figures.

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Altarpiece (group of figures, sculpture)
Dimensions
Objektmaß: B: ca. 28,5 cm T: ca. 32,5 cm H: 26,5 cm
Height: 26,5 cm
Depth: 29,5 cm
Width: 34 cm
Weight: 23 kg
Material/Technique
Bronze, Brass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 20070

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Benin [kingdom]
  • Production
    when
    19th century
    where
    Nigeria
    Benin
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    19th century, commissioned by the Igun Eronmwon or guild of brass casters in the Kingdom of Benin; location unknown in the Kingdom of Benin before 1897; probably looted in connection with the British conquest of Benin, 1897; in unknown possession after the conquest of the Kingdom of Benin; acquired by H. Meyer, 1905.
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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