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Height: 17,1 cm Depth: 1,8 cm Width: 12,7 cm Weight: 264 g
Material/Technique
Brass, copper alloy
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 8528
Provenance and sources
Production
where
Benin [kingdom]
Production
when
18th cent.
where
Nigeria
Benin
Collecting
who
Königliches Ethnographisches Museum München - Former Possessors
Change of legal title: Acquisition
Description
18th century, commissioned by the Igun Eronmwon or guild of brass casters in the Kingdom of Benin; ownership before 1897 currently unknown; probably looted in connection with the British conquest of Benin, 1897; in unknown possession after the conquest of the Kingdom of Benin; exchanged with the Museum für Völkerkunde München, 1898.
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Trailer
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Osun rod (plastic)
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Arm ring
daro
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Bowl
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Relief plate: Warrior with ododo helmet, spear and shield
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Relief plate: Dignitary with sword and shield
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Head of a king
Ẹgba
Language: Bini
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Arm ring
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Leopard head
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Animal sculpture: Ibis
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