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King on horseback with six companions. The rider is interpreted as King Esigie (ca. 1505 - 1550), who maintained close relations with Portugal. As Portuguese Portuguese gifts, horses also came to the court of Benin. The proportions of the horse and the rider sitting on the side of it, as well as those of the accompanying figures are not based on reality, but on the significance of the depicted.

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Object type
Relief plate (relief plaque)
Dimensions
Height: 48 cm
Width: 39 cm
Depth: 16 cm
Weight: 14,8 kg
Material/Technique
Brass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 8056

Provenance and sources

where
Benin [kingdom]
when
16th century
where
Nigeria [Land]
who
William Downing Webster (de.fiz.ddb.model.ddbobject.WhenType$Begin@6d156515 - de.fiz.ddb.model.ddbobject.WhenType$End@40a09b49)
Description
16th century, 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; reigned 1888-97), royal palace, Benin City; looted in connection with the British conquest of Benin, 1897; came into possession of the merchant William D. Webster, 1897-1898; purchased by the Royal Museum of Ethnology, 1898.

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