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Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 8499
Provenance and sources
Production
where
Benin [kingdom]
Production
when
18th century-19th century.
where
Nigeria
Benin
Collecting
who
Heinrich Bey - Collectors
Change of legal title: Acquisition
Description
18th century - 19th century, commissioned by the Igun Eronmwon or Guild of Brass Casters 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 the conquest of the Kingdom of Benin; collected on behalf of the firm Bey & Co. between 1897 and 1898 in the territory of later colonial Nigeria; sold to the Königliches Museum für Völkerkunde in Berlin, 1899.
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Lamp
schango
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Bell
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Male magic figure
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Relief plate: Two high dignitaries
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Deity Irhevbu or Princess Edeleyo
buta oder shantali
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Water bottle
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Dance rattle for women
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Basketry
Ama
Language: Bini
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Relief plate
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Bronze plate: military leader with feather cloak and crown, bell