Ooton priest (relief plaque) | Photographer: Claudia Obrocki
Attribution - ShareAlike 4.0 InternationalOoton priest (relief plaque) | Photographer:
Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 International
The name of this item is missing in its original language. If you know the name or have any comments, please use the form to get in touch with the institution that provided the data.
Ooton priest (relief plaque)
Ooton priests can be recognised by the cone-shaped top of their headgear, which only the king and some dignitaries were allowed to wear. The long whip he carries in his hand is used to ward off evil forces during sacrifices.
This content was machine-translated
Data Provider
Ethnologisches Museum
Show only fields containing data
Cataloguing data
Object type
Relief plate
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 39,5 x 17 x 6 cm
Material/Technique
Brass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 8410
Provenance and sources
where
Benin [kingdom]
when
16th century
where
Nigeria [Land]
who
Heinrich Bey - Collectors
Description
16th cent, commissioned by Oba Esigie (r. 1517-1550) or his son Oba Orhogbua (r. 1550-1570), Royal Palace, Benin City; by inheritance to Oba Ovonramwen (ca. 1857-1914; r. 1888-97), Royal Palace, Benin City; looted in connection with the British conquest of Benin, 1897; in unknown possession after the conquest of the Kingdom of Benin; collected on behalf of the firm Bey & Co, between 1897 and 1898 in the territory of later colonial Nigeria; sold to the Königliches Museum für Völkerkunde in Berlin, 1899.
Information about the record
Legal status metadata
This content was machine-translated