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Sleeve (building jewellery)

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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Cataloguing data

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

  • Production
    where
    Benin [kingdom]
  • Production
    when
    19th century - 20th century
    where
    Nigeria
    Benin
  • Collecting
    who
    Julius Konietzko (1886 - 1952-04-27) - Collectors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    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.
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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