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Arm cuff
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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Arm cuff
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 12,5 x 8,5 x 8,5 cm
Material/Technique
Ivory
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 12591
Provenance and sources
where
Benin [kingdom]
when
18th century - 19th century
where
Nigeria [Land]
Benin [Königreich]
who
A. Jepsen - Collectors
Description
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 possession after Feb. 1897; acquired by the Museum für Völkerkunde from A. Jepsen, 1901.
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