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Keys for the doors of the royal palace in Benin

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Cataloguing data

Object type
key
Dimensions
Height: 21,2 cm
Depth: 2,5 cm
Width: 8,7 cm
Weight: 0,75 kg
Material/Technique
Brass, copper alloy
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 12485

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Benin [kingdom]
  • Production
    when
    19th century
    where
    Nigeria
    Benin
  • Collecting
    who
    Siegfried Jaffé - Collectors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    19th century, commissioned by the brass foundry guild Igun Eronmwon 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 Feb. 1897; acquired by the Museum für Völkerkunde from Siegfried Jaffé, 1900.
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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