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Arm ring
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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Arm ring
Dimensions
Gewicht: 72,4 g
Allgemein: 2,50 x 7,00 cm
Material/Technique
Brass, Brass, Carnelian
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 10891

Provenance and sources

where
Benin [kingdom]

when
18th century-19th century.
where
Nigeria [Land]
Benin [Königreich]

who
Museum Umlauff (Hamburg) - Collectors

Description
18th century - 19th century, commissioned work in the Kingdom of Benin; ownership before 1897 currently unknown; probably looted in connection with the British conquest of Benin, 1897; in unknown possession after the conquest of the Kingdom of Benin; acquired by the Ethnological Museum Johann Friedrich Gustav Umlauff, 1900.

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