Königinmutter von einer Altargruppe (Queen mother; fragment of an altar group) | Photographer: Dietmar Gunne
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Königinmutter von einer Altargruppe (Queen mother; fragment of an altar group)
Queen Mother from an altar group
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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Sculpture (Sculpture)
Dimensions
Gewicht: 1,81 kg
Objektmaß: 22,5 x 7,5 x 7,5 cm
Objektmaß: 22,5 x 7,5 x 7,5 cm
Material/Technique
Brass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 8057
Provenance and sources
where
Benin [kingdom]
when
18th century-19th century.
where
Nigeria [Land]
who
William Downing Webster (1868-05-11 - 1913-01-14) - Former Possessors
Description
18th century - 19th century, commissioned in the Kingdom of Benin; probably looted in connection with the British conquest of Benin, 1897; in unknown possession between Feb. 1897 and 1898; acquired by the Museum of Ethnology from William D. Webster, 1898.
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