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Benin [kingdom]
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Vessel
On the belly of the vessel and on the lid are depictions of Portuguese with rifles and leopards. On the lid are two figures with vessels in their hands. The leopards and the armed Portuguese are indications that this vessel was part of a royal altar. [Benin_Kingdom]
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Cataloguing data
- Object type
- Vessel
- Dimensions
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Height: 21 cm
Width: 22 cm
Depth: 21,5 cm
Weight: 2,95 kg - Material/Technique
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Brass
- Current location
- Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- Inventory number
- III C 10885
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Production
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Production
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when
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18th-19th cent.
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where
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NigeriaBenin
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Description
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18th century - 19th century, commissioned work in the Kingdom of Benin; ownership before 1897 in the Kingdom of Benin unclear; probably looted in connection with the British conquest of Benin, 1897; in unknown possession after the conquest of the Kingdom of Benin; acquired by the Ethnological Museum Johann Friedrich Gustav Umlauff, 1900.
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Assignment to a curated holding:
Africa
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- CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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