Gedenkkopf einer Königinmutter (Memorial head of a queen mother) | Photographer: Jörg von Bruchhausen
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Gedenkkopf einer Königinmutter (Memorial head of a queen mother)
The large number of commemorative heads from this period are highly formalised. Their faces are largely identical, whereas the royal insignia are more elaborate and their shapes vary; in contrast to the king's round cap, the queen mother wears a pointed, slightly forward-curved cap made of coral beads.
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Object type
Sculpture (Sculpture)
Dimensions
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 50 x 24 x 25 cm
Gewicht: 12,9 kg
Gewicht: 12,9 kg
Material/Technique
Brass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 7660
Provenance and sources
where
Benin [kingdom]
when
19th century
where
Nigeria [Land]
who
Hale & Son - Former Possessors
Description
19th century, commissioned for a royal memorial altar; location unknown in the Kingdom of Benin until 1897; looted in connection with the British conquest of Benin, 1897; auctioned by the firm of Hale & Son, 1897; purchased at auction by the Royal Museum of Ethnology, 1897.
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