Production
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where
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Benin [kingdom]
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Dignitary with eben sword
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Cataloguing data
- Object type
- Relief plaque
- Dimensions
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Height: 45 cm
Depth: 5,5 cm
Width: 20 cm
Weight: 4,3 kg - Material/Technique
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Brass
- Current location
- Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- Inventory number
- III C 7651
Provenance and sources
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Production
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Production
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when
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16th century
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where
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Nigeria
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Collecting
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who
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Hale & Son - Former Possessors
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Change of legal title:
Acquisition-
Description
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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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Assignment to a curated holding:
Africa
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- CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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