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Comb

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Ivory comb with a dart depicting a Portuguese man on horseback.

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Comb
Dimensions
Height: 22,5 cm
Width: 5 cm
Depth: 2,5 cm
Material/Technique
Ivory
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 21928

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Benin [kingdom]
  • Production
    when
    19th century
    where
    Nigeria
    Benin
  • Collecting
    who
    Max von Stefenelli - Collectors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    19th century, commissioned work in the Kingdom of Benin; presumably in the possession of Oba Ovonramwen's circle in exile until around 1908; acquired by Max von Stefenelli around 1908; donated by M. von Stefenelli to the Royal Museum of Ethnology Berlin, 1908.
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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