Container with lid | Photographer: Martin Franken
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Container with lid
Rectangular container with braided band decorations.
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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Container with lid
Dimensions
Gewicht: 1,3 kg (gesamtes Objekt)
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 2,8 x 46,8 x 6,5 cm (b)
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 5,5 x 47 x 6,5 cm (gesamtes Objekt)
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 3,2 x 46,8 x 6,5 cm (a)
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 2,8 x 46,8 x 6,5 cm (b)
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 5,5 x 47 x 6,5 cm (gesamtes Objekt)
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 3,2 x 46,8 x 6,5 cm (a)
Material/Technique
Ivory
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 19147 a,b
Provenance and sources
where
Benin [kingdom]
when
18th century - 19th century
where
Nigeria [Land]
Benin [Königreich]
who
Frau Erdmann - Former Possessors
Description
18th century - 19th century, commissioned work in the Kingdom of Benin; ownership before 1897 currently unknown; probably looted in connection with the British conquest of Benin, 1897; in unknown possession after the conquest of the Kingdom of Benin; acquired by Mrs Erdmann, 1905.
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