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Sleeve (building jewellery)
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Square, hollow, conical object, with an attached, approx. 1 cm wide rim at the bottom - open at the top and bottom. The sides originally decorated with a plait pattern. Heavily patinated, one corner of the lower rim curved and broken.

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Object type
Sleeve (building jewellery)
Dimensions
Height: 20 cm
Depth: 8,5 cm
Width: 9 cm
Weight: 800 g
Material/Technique
Bronze, Brass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 33161

Provenance and sources

where
Benin [kingdom]
when
19th century - 20th century
where
Nigeria [Land/Region]
Benin [Königreich]
who
Julius Konietzko (de.fiz.ddb.model.ddbobject.WhenType$Begin@3b24cc5f - de.fiz.ddb.model.ddbobject.WhenType$End@17c6bbe7) - Collectors
Description
19th century - 20th century, commissioned in the Kingdom of Benin, possibly in the interregnum between 1897 and 1914, or thereafter; if created before 1897, ownership before 1897 currently unknown and probably looted in connection with the British conquest of Benin, 1897; in unknown ownership before 1921; acquired by Julius Konietzko, 1921.

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