Production
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where
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Benin [kingdom]
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Soldier
Soldier with hemispherical helmet, staff and sword.
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Cataloguing data
- Object type
- Relief plaque
- Dimensions
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Height: 37 cm
Depth: 5 cm
Width: 20 cm - Material/Technique
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Brass
- Current location
- Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- Inventory number
- III C 8415
Provenance and sources
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Production
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Production
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when
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16th century
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where
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Nigeria
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Collecting
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who
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Heinrich Bey - Collectors
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Acquisition-
Description
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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; in unknown possession after the conquest of the Kingdom of Benin; collected on behalf of the firm Bey & Co, between 1897 and 1898 in the territory of later colonial Nigeria; sold to the Königliches Museum für Völkerkunde in Berlin, 1899.
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Assignment to a curated holding:
Africa
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- CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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