Uhunmwu-Ẹkuẹ

Language: Bini
Language: Bini

Hip mask with Oba or Iyoba head

Data Provider
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Edo
Object type
pendants (jewelry)
Dimensions
205 x 118 x 47 mm
Material/Technique
Ivory, elephant; pigment; Binder, organic
Current location
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Inventory number
RJM 48107
Other number(s)
RJM 1943/05 (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:
    Not clarified
    when
    1932
    where
    Paris
    who
    Source(s)
    Exposition Bronzes et Ivoires du Bénin au Musée d'Éthnographie, Palais du Trocadéro, 1932
  • Restitution (cultural policy)
    when
    2022-15-12
    where
    Cologne
    who
    Stadt Köln
    Bundesrepublik Nigeria - Recipients
    Description
    Transfer of ownership with subsequent to remain in the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum on loan for 10 years (until 2032-15-12)
    Source(s)
    Agreement on the return of Benin bronzes between the City of Cologne and the Federal Republic of Nigeria

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