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Bottle in head shape, iru jar
Data Provider
GRASSI Museum für Völkerkunde zu Leipzig
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Cultural attribution
Edo
Object type
Behälter
Dimensions
27,4 x 12,3 x 15,8 cm
Material/Technique
Cotton, Metal
moulded
Object genre
Container
Current location
GRASSI Museum für Völkerkunde zu Leipzig, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Inventory number
MAf 34571 a, b

Provenance and sources

when
Kingdom of Benin, before 1897, probably 18th/19th cent.
where
Federal Republic of Nigeria
who
unbekannt - Makers

where
Benin [kingdom]
Provenance
Meyer, Hans (1858-1929); collector

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