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Belt mask of a dignitary: leopard's head
The miniature mask shows a stylized leopard head. It was worn over the left hip on the belt by a dignitary and was considered a sign of authority conferred by the king. The leopard is a symbol of the king in many African cultures. Text: Dietmar Neitzke.
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- Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde Show original at data provider
Cataloguing data
- Cultural attribution
- Edo
- Object type
- Maske
- Dimensions
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Width: 10.5 cm
Height: 17 cm - Material/Technique
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Copper alloy
Lost wax process
- Current location
- Linden-Museum Stuttgart
- Inventory number
- 037232
Provenance and sources
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Assignment to a curated holding:
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Change of physical control or legal title
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where
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Nigeria
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Change of physical control
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when
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1904
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- Provenance
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Albert Hoffa was a friend of Dr Anton Lübbert, who was also a collector of the Linden Museum and a doctor in German Southwest Africa. The latter also obtained Benin objects for Hoffa.The previous owner of these objects was Adolph Heemke, who worked as a merchant in West Africa and worked for the Hamburg company H. Bey & Co. which acquired objects directly in Benin and sent them to Germany where they were sold. Text: Markus Himmelsbach.
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- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED
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