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6 small bells, the surface of which is decorated with circular reliefs. Small eyelets on the bells (D: approx. 1 cm).
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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Objektmaß: jede Schelle ca: 3 x 2 x 2 cm
Material/Technique
Brass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 10935 a-f
Provenance and sources
where
Benin [kingdom]
when
18th century-19th century.
where
Nigeria [Land]
Benin [Königreich]
who
Siegfried Jaffé - Collectors
Description
Commissioned probably in the Kingdom of Benin in the 18th or 19th century; ownership before 1897 currently unknown; probably looted in connection with the British conquest of Benin, 1897; in unknown possession after Feb. 1897; acquired by the Museum für Völkerkunde from Siegfried Jaffé, 1900.
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