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Queen Mother with gong

Data Provider
Ethnologisches Museum Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Object type
Trailer
Dimensions
Weight: 295,6 g
Height: 12 cm
Width: 10,5 cm
Depth: 4 cm
Material/Technique
Brass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 8529

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Benin [kingdom]
  • Production
    when
    18th century-19th century.
    where
    Nigeria
    Benin
  • Collecting
    who
    Königliches Ethnographisches Museum München - Former Possessors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    17th century, commissioned by the Igun Eronmwon or guild of brass casters in the Kingdom of Benin; ownership before 1897 currently unknown; probably looted in connection with the British conquest of Benin, 1897; in unknown possession after the conquest of the Kingdom of Benin; acquired in exchange with the Museum für Völkerkunde München, 1898.
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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