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Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 12587 a
Provenance and sources
Production
where
Benin [kingdom]
Production
when
19th century
where
Nigeria
Benin
Collecting
who
A. Jepsen - Collectors
Change of legal title: Acquisition
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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Bronze plate, man with "pigtail hairstyle"
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Comb
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Memorial head: Queen Mother
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Arm ring
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Bowl for kola nuts
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Memorial head of an Oba
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Relief slab king (Oba) with attendants
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Slingshot
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Portuguese with manilla
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