Production
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where
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Benin [kingdom]
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Leopards with killed antelope
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Cataloguing data
- Object type
- Relief plaque
- Dimensions
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Height: 32,3 cm
Depth: 7 cm
Width: 17,3 cm
Weight: 2,9 kg - Material/Technique
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Brass, copper alloy
- Current location
- Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- Inventory number
- III C 27486
Provenance and sources
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Production
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Production
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when
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16th century
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where
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NigeriaBenin
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Collecting
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who
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H.E. Rogers - Collectors
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Description
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16th cent, commissioned by Oba Esigie (r. 1517-1550) or his son Oba Orhogbua (r. 1550-1570), royal palace, Benin City; by inheritance to Oba Ovonramwen (ca. 1857-1914; r. 1888-97), Royal Palace, Benin City; looted in connection with the British conquest of Benin, 1897; owner between 1897 and 1908 currently unknown; acquired by William D. Webster through the Royal Museum of Ethnology, Berlin, 1909.
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Assignment to a curated holding:
Africa
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