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Arm ring
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Cataloguing data

Object type
Arm ring
Dimensions
Height: 4,5 cm
Width: 7,5 cm
Depth: 8,5 cm
Objektmaß: D: 8,5 cm, G.: kg
Material/Technique
Brass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 10930

Provenance and sources

Production
where
Benin [kingdom]
Production
when
18th century-19th century.
where
Nigeria
Benin
Collecting
who
Siegfried Jaffé - Collectors
Change of legal title:
Acquisition
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.
Assignment to a curated holding:
Africa

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