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Musician with two gongs
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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Relief plaque
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 2,7 x 19,2 x 15,5 cm
Gewicht: 366 g
Material/Technique
Bronze
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 12517

Provenance and sources

where
Benin [kingdom]

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

who
William Downing Webster (1868-05-11 - 1913-01-14) - 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 1901 currently unknown; acquired by William D. Webster through the Royal Museum of Ethnology, Berlin, 1901.

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