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Object type
Relief plaque (fragment) (Relief plaque)
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 20 x 16 x 3,5 cm
Material/Technique
Brass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 10645

Provenance and sources

where
Benin [kingdom]

when
16th century
where
Nigeria [Land]
Benin [Königreich]

who
Luschan, Felix von - Collectors

Description
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; owner between 1897 and 1899 currently unknown; gift from Felix von Luschan to the Königliches Museum für Völkerkunde Berlin, 1899.

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