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Bronze tubes

Data Provider
Ethnologisches Museum Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Object type
Bronze tubes
Dimensions
Height: 1,2 cm
Width: 7,5 cm
Depth: 1,9 cm
Material/Technique
Bronze, Brass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 18946

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Benin [kingdom]
  • Production
    when
    19th century (?)
    where
    Nigeria
    Benin
  • Collecting
    who
    Oscar Kaiser - Former Possessors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    19th century(?), commissioned by the Igun Eronmwon or guild of brass casters in the Kingdom of Benin; ownership before 1897 currently unknown; probably looted in connection with the British conquest of Benin, 1897; in unknown possession after the conquest of the Kingdom of Benin; acquired by Oscar Kaiser, 1904.
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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