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Leopard pendant
Data Provider
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt
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Cultural attribution
Edo
Object type
pendants (jewelry)
Dimensions
106 x 250 x 36 mm
Current location
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Inventory number
RJM 44722
Other number(s)
RJM 1943/05

Provenance and sources

when
18th century
where
Nigeria
historical: Kingdom Benin
Africa -> West Africa -> Nigeria

when
1897
who
Robert Allman

when
1917
where
Rathmines, Dublin
who
Robert Allman - Legators
Allman - Heirs

when
1931-26-11
where
London
who
Auktionshaus Foster & Foster - Auctioneers
Galerie Charles Ratton (1927) - Buyers

when
probably 1934
where
Paris

when
1944-23-03
where
Paris
Description
Hildebrand Gurlitt was the intermediary who organised the organised the transport of the objects selected by museum director Martin Heydrich to Germany and who organised the financial transfer. financial transfer.

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)
Vereinbarung über die Rückgabe von Benin-Bronzen zwischen der Stadt Köln und der Bundesrepublik Nigeria

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