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Staff (fragment?), square with a crown-shaped top, the 6 points of which enclose a zoomorphic (?) structure. Two of the opposite sides of the staff are each decorated with a snake, the other two sides are undecorated.

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Object type
Staff
Dimensions
Objektmaß: H: 33,5 cm
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 34 x 5,7 x 5 cm
Material/Technique
Iron, Bronze, Brass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 18151

Provenance and sources

where
Benin [kingdom]

when
19th century
where
Nigeria [Land/Region]
Benin [Königreich]

who
H. Bey & Co. - Former Possessors

Description
19th century, commissioned work 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 Bey & Co. between 1897 and 1899 in the territory of the later colonial Nigeria; sold to the Königliches Museum für Völkerkunde in Berlin, 1904.

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