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Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main: 12214




Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main: 12214




Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main: 12214

Object description
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Object Name	Ceremonial sword
Description	OrNr. 22 137. Wide, leaf-shaped, openwork blade. Transverse large ring handle. Repair irons applied to both sides in several places. Braided bars in the hilt partially detached. Overall badly damaged and broken, partly old mended (Ugie Erha Oba-Fest). "The main ceremony is a lavish affair. Chiefs wear their most expensive costumes and dance with a ceremonial sword, eben, each trying to outdo the others in elegance and grace. The king wears his most elaborate beaded outfit and he, too dances with an eben - the highlight of the ceremony - before his father's altar. (85) LIT Pitt-Rivers 1976: pl XLII, 326, 327 - Bronze pl XLIII, 328, 329 - Eisen Ben Amos. 1980: The Art of Benin. London
Type	Ceremonial device
Materials	Iron
Size, Dimensions	Length: 97 cm
Dating of Object

Museum / Collection / Acquisition
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Museum	Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Museum Inv.-No	12214
Collector	William Ockelford Oldman; Dealer
Acquisition date	approx. 1910
Circumstances of acquisition	- 02.1897: British 'Punitive Expedition' - 1900: William Downing Webster (No. 9743); offered in Illustrated Catalogue 24 for £sd 2.10.0 - […]: William Ockelford Oldman (No. 22137); Purchase for £sd 1.0.0 from Webster - 22.04.1910: Städtisches Völkermuseum, Frankfurt; Purchase from William Ockelford Oldman for £sd 2.17.6

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Object Type	weapon
Materials	metal; iron
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ID	1224
last Change	2022-02-03 11:42:17
License	Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main

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