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Keys for the doors of the royal palace in Benin
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Ethnologisches Museum
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Dimensions
Objektmaß: 21,2 x 8,7 x 2,5 cm (Messung am Objekt)
Gewicht: 0,75 kg
Gewicht: 0,75 kg
Material/Technique
Brass, copper alloy
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 12485
Provenance and sources
where
Benin [kingdom]
when
19th century
where
Nigeria [Land]
Benin [Königreich]
who
Siegfried Jaffé - Collectors
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.
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