King of Benin | Photographer:
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King of Benin
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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Sculpture
Dimensions
Objektmaß: H: 12 cm
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 12 x 3,5 x 2,5 cm
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 12 x 3,5 x 2,5 cm
Material/Technique
Ivory
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 26375
Provenance and sources
where
Benin [kingdom]
when
19th century
where
Nigeria [Land]
Benin [Königreich]
who
William Downing Webster (1868-05-11 - 1913-01-14) - Former Possessors
Description
Commissioned in the Kingdom of Benin in the 19th century; probably looted in connection with the British conquest of Benin, 1897; in unknown possession after Feb. 1897; acquired by the Museum of Ethnology from William D. Webster, 1910.
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