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Comb
Ivory comb with a dart depicting a Portuguese man on horseback.
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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Comb
Dimensions
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 22,5 x 5 x 2,5 cm
Material/Technique
Ivory
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 21928
Provenance and sources
where
Benin [kingdom]
when
19th century
where
Nigeria [Land]
Benin [Königreich]
who
Max von Stefenelli - Collectors
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.
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