Altar of the hand
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Language: Bini
Altar of the
hand
Data Provider
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt
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Cataloguing data
Cultural attribution
Edo
Object type
altar components
Dimensions
x 510 x 297
mm
Current location
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Inventory number
RJM 5281
Other number(s)
RJM 1902/19
Provenance and sources
where
Nigeria
historical: Kingdom
Benin
Africa -> West Africa ->
Nigeria
when
1901
where
Bicester
who
William Downing Webster
- Sellers
Source(s)
Webster catalogue 29/1901
(Vol.3)
when
1902
where
London
who
J.C. Stevens - Contractors
Description
The collection donated by Rautenstrauch
from the estate of W. D. Webster and was apparently sold by the auctioneer
sold by the auctioneer J. C. Stevens
when
1902-03-06
where
Stevens' Auction Rooms,
London
who
J.C. Stevens - Auctioneers
Theodor Rautenstrauch (1873 -
1907) - Buyers
Source(s)
Cat. Unique Collection of Benin Bronzes. J.
C. Stevens, the 3rd day of June, 1902
when
1902-21-11
who
Theodor Rautenstrauch (1873 -
1907) - Donors
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum für Völkerkunde - Recipients
when
2022-15-12
where
Cologne
who
Stadt Köln
Bundesrepublik
Nigeria - Recipients
Description
This Benin court artwork will remain on loan to the museum
in the museum until it is physically restituted in the coming years.
in the coming years.
Source(s)
Vereinbarung über die Rückgabe von
Benin-Bronzen zwischen der Stadt Köln und der Bundesrepublik
Nigeria
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