Production
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where
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Benin [kingdom]
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Human head (sculpture)
Head, decorated with feathers. Altarpiece.
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Cataloguing data
- Object type
- Human head (sculpture)
- Dimensions
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Height: 37,5 cm
Width: 18,5 cm
Depth: 16 cm
Objektmaß: H ges.: 36,7 cm - Material/Technique
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Wood
- Current location
- Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- Inventory number
- III C 40263
Provenance and sources
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Production
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Production
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when
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19th century
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where
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NigeriaBenin
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Collecting
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who
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Stolper Galleries (Robert L. Stolper) - Former Possessors
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Description
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19th century, commissioned in the Kingdom of Benin; ownership before 1897 currently unknown; probably looted in connection with the British conquest of Benin, 1897; in unknown ownership after Feb. 1897; acquired by Stolper Galleries, 1966.
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Assignment to a curated holding:
Africa
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- CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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