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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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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

where
Benin [kingdom]
when
16th century
where
Nigeria [Land]
Benin [Königreich]
who
H.E. Rogers - Collectors
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.

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