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These iron sculptures are called "Osun sticks". They represent trees, which stand for the connection of this world and the otherworldly upper world. The creator god Osanobua also resides up there. On this "Axis mundi" chameleons climb to the upper world. They probably represent religious specialists who are in a trance and have transformed themselves into animal form. Text: Dietmar Neitzke.
In October 1898, the Hamburg company "H. Bey & Co" offered the Berlin Ethnological Museum a Benin collection that came directly from Africa. However, due to a lack of funds, the entire collection could not be purchased and was therefore to be passed on to other interested parties. Felix von Luschan of the Berlin Museum therefore informed Karl Graf von Linden in November 1898, and offered him a right of first refusal. The Linden Museum then made 15,000 M available for the purchase of objects. The purchase price was paid by the Heilbronn entrepreneur Karl Knorr, which is why the collection became known as "Die Karl Knorr'sche Sammlung von Benin-Altertümern". Von Luschan published a detailed description of the collection under the same title (1901) on behalf of Count Linden and Knorr. Other buyers of the collection included the museums in Vienna and Munich, but also people such as Hans Meyer (Leipzig) and Eugen Rautenstrauch (Cologne). Text: Markus Himmelsbach.
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Bronze for the ewawa oracle
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Clay figure
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Relief panel with member of the court
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Fragment of a relief plate
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Royal messenger
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Plaque with Oba and companions, triad depiction
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Memorial head from Udo
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Relief plate: European (Portuguese) surrounded by five manillas
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Small hanging plaque with figure
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Fragment of a relief panel with three figures
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