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Benin [kingdom]
Photographer: Dietmar Gunne | Rights management: Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
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Osuan with Emuru
The priest Osuan can be recognised by the cone-shaped top of his headdress, which only the king and some dignitaries were allowed to wear. The long whips he carries in his hand are used to ward off evil forces during sacrifices. On the plate, he is accompanied by an emuru, recognisable by the rattle with a ram's head.
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Cataloguing data
- Object type
- Relief plaque
- Dimensions
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Weight: 3 kg
Height: 42,5 cm
Depth: 10,8 cm
Width: 26 cm - Material/Technique
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Brass
- Current location
- Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- Inventory number
- III C 8265
Provenance and sources
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Production
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Production
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16th century
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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; purchased by Hans Meyer, between 1897 and 1898; donated to the Royal Museum of Ethnology in Berlin, 1899.
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Assignment to a curated holding:
Africa
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