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Two dignitaries
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The depiction could be of two enobors flanking the king during public appearances and supporting his arms. Such depictions are known from a number of relief panels. Like the king, they wear a shirt made of coral beads and a coral cap with a high peak. They can be distinguished from the king by the absence of the large coral pearl, which he wears on a necklace as an important royal insignia.

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Object type
Relief plaque
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 48,5 x 30 x 7,7 cm (Alle Teile zusammen)
Objektmaß: 22,8 x 16 x 4 cm (Teil 1)
Objektmaß: 32 x 15,5 x 5,5 cm (Teil 2)
Objektmaß: 48,5 x 17 x 7,7 cm (Teil 3)
Material/Technique
Brass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 8417

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.

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