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Attribution - NonCommercial - NoDerivs 4.0 InternationalBronze plaque: man with a ball in his hands, pearls
The rectangular plates with high reliefs are from the royal palace. Here is depicted a high-ranking man, with beaded chest sash, the royal ruff, beaded hood and braids, arm and leg cuffs. The red coral beads represent spiritual power and were very valuable. In his hand he holds a ball. The wraparound skirt is as richly decorated as the background of the plate. In the two preserved corners there are sun symbols. Text: Dietmar Neitzke.
- Data Provider
- Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde Show original at data provider
Cataloguing data
- Cultural attribution
- Edo
- Object type
- Figurenrelief
- Dimensions
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Width: 18 cm
Height: 45 cm - Material/Technique
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Copper alloy
Lost wax process
- Current location
- Linden-Museum Stuttgart
- Inventory number
- 004670
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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1899
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- Provenance
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Hans Meyer (Leipzig, Germany) donated the plaque to the Linden-Museum. He had previously bought it in London. Text: Markus Himmelsbach.
Information about the record
- Legal status metadata
- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED
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