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Haumesser

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Entry in the inventory: "Sword"

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Haumesser
Dimensions
Height: 60 cm
Depth: 5,3 cm
Width: 12 cm
Material/Technique
Iron, Brass, Wood
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 17073

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Benin [kingdom]
  • Production
    when
    19th century
    where
    Nigeria
    Benin
  • Collecting
    who
    William Downing Webster (1868-05-11 - 1913-01-14) - Collectors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    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 William D. Webster, 1903.
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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