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Language: Bini
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Cultural attribution
Edo
Object type
figures (representations)
Dimensions
230 x 64 x 65
mm
Material/Technique
Copper alloy
Current location
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Inventory number
RJM 5259
Other number(s)
RJM 1902/19 (Convolute number)
Provenance and sources
Production
where
Nigeria
historical: Kingdom
Benin
Africa -> West Africa ->
Nigeria
Assignment to a curated holding:
Africa
Change of physical control or legal title:
Auction
when
probably in January 1901
where
Bicester
who
William Downing Webster
- Auctioneers
Source(s)
Webster Catalogue of ethnological specimens
28/1901
Change of physical control or legal title:
Commission
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
Change of physical control or legal title:
Auction
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
Change of physical control or legal title:
Donation
when
1902-21-11
who
Theodor Rautenstrauch (1873 -
1907) - Donors
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum für Völkerkunde - Recipients
Restitution (cultural policy)
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)
Agreement on the return of
Benin bronzes between the City of Cologne and the Federal Republic of
Nigeria
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