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Staff
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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Edo
Object type
ceremonial staffs
Dimensions
480 x 45 x 32 mm
Material/Technique
Copper alloy
Current location
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Inventory number
RJM 2008
Other number(s)
RJM 1897/01 (Convolute number)

Provenance and sources

Production
where
Nigeria
historical: Kingdom Benin
Africa -> West Africa -> Nigeria
Assignment to a curated holding:
Africa
Change of physical control or legal title:
Donation
when
1899-19-05
where
Cologne
who
Naturhistorisches Museum Köln - Recipients
Change of physical control:
Transmission
when
1901
where
Cologne
who
Naturhistorisches Museum Köln - Former Possessors
Restitution (cultural policy)
when
2022-15-12
where
Cologne
who
Stadt Köln
Bundesrepublik Nigeria - Recipients
Description
This Benin court artwork will remain on loan to the museum in the museum until it is physically restituted in the coming years. in the coming years.
Source(s)
Agreement on the return of Benin bronzes between the City of Cologne and the Federal Republic of Nigeria

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