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Depiction of a Portuguese on horseback
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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Trailer
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 17,1 x 12,7 x 1,8 cm
Gewicht: 264 g
Material/Technique
Brass, copper alloy
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 8528

Provenance and sources

where
Benin [kingdom]

when
18th cent.
where
Nigeria [Land]
Benin [Königreich]

who
Königliches Ethnographisches Museum München - Former Possessors

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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