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Hairpin
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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Hairpin
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 10,7 x 24,7 x 1,3 cm
Material/Technique
Brass, Glass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 33190

Provenance and sources

where
Benin [kingdom]

when
18th century-19th century.
where
Nigeria [Land]
Benin [Königreich]

who
Luschan, Felix von - Collectors

Description
18th century - 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; purchased from the estate of Felix von Luschan, 1924.

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