Vessel | Photographer: Dietrich Graf
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Vessel
Two snakes holding a human in their mouths form the handles of this vessel. On its neck are two courtiers holding a medicine horn and a staff and a dog on a lead; in between are depictions of snails. A skull and a tortoise can be seen on the lid. The man-devouring snakes are images of the king's power, while the tortoise and the dogs refer to Ogun, the god of war, to whom these animals are sacrificed.
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Object type
Vessel
Dimensions
Gewicht: 3,65 kg
Objektmaß: 25,5 x 21 x 18,5 cm
Objektmaß: 25,5 x 21 x 18,5 cm
Material/Technique
Brass, copper alloy, Iron, iron
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 20300
Provenance and sources
where
Benin [kingdom]
when
18th cent.
where
Nigeria [Land]
Benin [Königreich]
who
Theodor Glücksmann - Former Possessors
Description
18th century, commissioned by the Igun Eronmwon or Guild of Brass Casters in the Kingdom of Benin; probably looted in connection with the British conquest of Benin, 1897; possibly owned by Sir Ralph Moor until ca. 1905; probably auctioned at Stevens' Auction Rooms Ltd, London (J.C. Stevens) ca. 1905; gift of Theodor Glücksmann to the Royal Museum of Ethnology Berlin, 1905.
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