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Language: Bini
Language: Bini
Relief plate
Data Provider
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt
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Cultural attribution
Edo
Object type
reliefs (sculptures)
Dimensions
202 x 383 x 30 mm
Current location
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Inventory number
RJM 5242
Other number(s)
RJM 1902/19

Provenance and sources

where
Nigeria
historical: Kingdom Benin
Africa -> West Africa -> Nigeria

when
Auction in 1900
where
Bicester
who
William Downing Webster - Auctioneers
Source(s)
Webster Catalogue of ethnological specimens 27

when
1902
where
London
who
J.C. Stevens - Contractors
Description
The collection donated by Rautenstrauch from the estate of W. D. Webster and was apparently sold by the auctioneer sold by the auctioneer J. C. Stevens

when
1902-03-06
where
Stevens' Auction Rooms, London
who
J.C. Stevens - Auctioneers
Theodor Rautenstrauch (1873 - 1907) - Buyers
Source(s)
Cat. Unique Collection of Benin Bronzes. J. C. Stevens, the 3rd day of June, 1902

when
1902-21-11
who
Theodor Rautenstrauch (1873 - 1907) - Donors

when
2022-15-12
where
Cologne
who
Stadt Köln
Bundesrepublik Nigeria - Recipients
Description
This Benin court artwork will remain on loan to the museum in the museum until it is physically restituted in the coming years. in the coming years.
Source(s)
Vereinbarung über die Rückgabe von Benin-Bronzen zwischen der Stadt Köln und der Bundesrepublik Nigeria

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