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Leopard hunting (actually lion hunting)

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An unusually large depiction of 5 Europeans (Portuguese) on the hunt.catalogue for the Benin exhibition (2008)Based on this outstanding plate, others were attributed to the "Master of the Leopard Hunt". The composition clearly deviates from the usual frontality of the figures in Benin and the scene has been given a perspective in line with European conventions. Depictions of Europeans hunting leopards are associated with the reign of Oba Esigie and the "Golden Age" of Benin.

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Relief plaque
Dimensions
Weight: 8,3 kg
Height: 55,2 cm
Depth: 3,9 cm
Width: 39,2 cm
Material/Technique
Bronze, copper alloy, Brass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 27485

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Benin [kingdom]
  • Production
    when
    16th century
    where
    Nigeria
    Benin
  • Collecting
    who
    H.E. Rogers - Collectors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    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; owner between 1897 and 1908 currently unknown; acquired by H.E. Rogers through the Königliches Museum für Völkerkunde Berlin, 1909.
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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