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Benin [kingdom]
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Rattle bar
Rattle sticks were part of the altar furnishings. Their sound was intended to invoke the spiritual power of the ancestors. They were made of wood, ivory or brass.
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Cataloguing data
- Object type
- musical instruments
- Dimensions
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Weight: 20,9 kg
Height: 153,5 cm
Depth: 5,6 cm
Width: 6 cm - Material/Technique
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Brass
- Current location
- Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- Inventory number
- III C 8217
Provenance and sources
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Production
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Production
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when
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18th century-19th century.
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where
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Nigeria
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Collecting
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who
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Eduard Schmidt - Collectors
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Description
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18th century - 19th century, commissioned work of the Igun Eronmwon or Guild of Brass Casters in the Kingdom of Benin; probably looted in connection with the British conquest of Benin, 1897; in unknown possession after the conquest of the Kingdom of Benin; collected by Consul Eduard Schmidt, employee of the Woermann line, between 1897 and 1898 in the territory of later colonial Nigeria; sold to the Königliches Museum für Völkerkunde in Berlin, 1898.
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Assignment to a curated holding:
Africa
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