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Dignitary with eben sword
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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Relief plaque
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 45 x 20 x 5,5 cm
Gewicht: 4,3 kg
Material/Technique
Brass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 7651

Provenance and sources

where
Benin [kingdom]

when
16th century
where
Nigeria [Land]

who
Hale & Son - Former Possessors

Description
16th cent, commissioned by Oba Esigie (r. 1517-1550) or his son Oba Orhogbua (r. 1550-1570), Royal Palace, Benin City; by inheritance to Oba Ovonramwen (ca. 1857-1914; r. 1888-97), Royal Palace, Benin City; looted in connection with the British conquest of Benin, 1897; auctioned by the firm of Hale & Son, 1897; purchased at auction by the Royal Museum of Ethnology, 1897.

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