Soldier with sword and bow | Photographer: Dietmar Gunne
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Soldier with sword and bow
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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Relief plaque
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 45,5 x 17,5 x 4,5 cm (Lagermaß)
Material/Technique
Brass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 10880
Provenance and sources
where
Benin [kingdom]
when
16th century
where
Nigeria [Land]
Benin [Königreich]
Description
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 1899 currently unknown; purchased at auction ca. 1899 at Stevens' Auction Rooms Ltd, London (J.C. Stevens) by Hans Meyer; loaned by Meyer to the Königliches Museum für Völkerkunde in Berlin; acquired by Hans Meyer, ca. 1900.
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