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Hairpin (jewellery)
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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Hairpin (jewellery)
Dimensions
Gewicht: 16,17 g
Höhe x Durchmesser: 10,1 x 1,35 cm
Material/Technique
Brass, Agate (?), copper alloy, agate (?)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 12587 a

Provenance and sources

where
Benin [kingdom]

when
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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