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Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main: 12161




Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main: 12161




Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main: 12161

Object description
This information was provided by the German museum where the object is currently located or where it was located prior to restitution.

Object Name	Bangle, armcuff, Armlet
Description	Carved all around: 2 figures of horsemen and leopards, 2 Portuguese? "Elaborately carved ivory bracelets ... were the prerogative of the oba. According to chief Ovbiebo of the Enisen section of the Iwebo palace society, the group assigned the selection and coordination of the oba's ceremonial wardrobe, ivory bracelets are worn especially in ceremonies in which the oba dances with the eben swords or handles a gong, because they keep his coral beads from getting tangled." (Ben Amos, 86) PUBL Kat. 1975: Abb. 10 LIT Luschan 1919: 399 Dark 1982: ill. 7 (British Museum) Ben Amos: The art of Benin. London
Type	Arm (jewelry)
Materials	Ivory
Size, Dimensions	Height: 12.7 cm; Diameter: 9.1 cm (max.)
Dating of Object

Museum / Collection / Acquisition
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Museum	Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Museum Inv.-No	12161
Collector	William Ockelford Oldman; Dealer
Acquisition date	approx. 1910
Circumstances of acquisition	- […]: William Ockelford Oldman - 12.05.1910: Städtisches Völkermuseum, Frankfurt; Purchase from William Ockelford Oldman

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Object Type	armcuff
Materials	ivory
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Dataset

ID	1215
last Change	2022-02-03 11:42:17
License	Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main

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