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Benin [kingdom]
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Plastic
a) Barrel stave-like fragment of a panelling for a barrel-shaped object; side edges broken off; fragment of a riveted connecting piece at one corner. Curved surface carefully decorated with punched patterns; approx. 11 cm long vertical crack.b) Fragment of a connecting piece - attached to a fragment of panelling with 2 rivets - joins a).
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- Object type
- Plastic
- Dimensions
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Objektmaß: b) H: 12 cm B: 7 cm
Objektmaß: a) H: 45 cm B: 27 cm G.: 5,4 kg - Material/Technique
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Brass
- Current location
- Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- Inventory number
- III C 8520 a,b
Provenance and sources
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Production
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Production
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when
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16th century-19th century.
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where
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NigeriaBenin
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Collecting
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who
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Heinrich Bey - Collectors
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Description
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18th century - 19th century, commissioned by the Igun Eronmwon or Guild of Brass Moulders in the Kingdom of Benin; in unknown possession before 1897; probably looted in connection with the British conquest of Benin, 1897; in unknown possession after the conquest of the Kingdom of Benin; collected on behalf of the firm of Bey & Co. between 1897 and 1898 in the territory of the later colonial Nigeria; sold to the Königliches Museum für Völkerkunde in Berlin, 1899.
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Assignment to a curated holding:
Africa
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- CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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