Ukhurhẹ

Language: Bini
Language: Bini
Ancestral staff
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Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt
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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Edo
Object type
ceremonial staffs
Dimensions
1215 mm
Material/Technique
Wood; fibre, vegetable; Cowrie shell (Cypraeidae); fibre, organic
Current location
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Inventory number
RJM 12375
Other number(s)
RJM 1904/10 (Convolute number)

Provenance and sources

Production
where
Nigeria
historical: Kingdom Benin
Africa -> West Africa -> Nigeria
Assignment to a curated holding:
Africa
Change of physical control or legal title:
Not clarified
who
H. E. Rogers
Change of physical control or legal title:
Auction
when
1903-10-08
who
H. E. Rogers - Auctioneers
William Ockelford Oldman - Buyers
Change of physical control or legal title:
Purchase
when
1904-14-07
who
William Ockelford Oldman - Sellers
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum für Völkerkunde - Buyers
Restitution (cultural policy)
when
2022-15-12
where
Cologne
who
Stadt Köln
Bundesrepublik Nigeria - Recipients
Description
Transfer of ownership with subsequent to remain in the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum on loan for 10 years (until 2032-15-12)
Source(s)
Agreement on the return of Benin bronzes between the City of Cologne and the Federal Republic of Nigeria

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Legal status metadata
CC0 1.0 DEED

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