Landesmuseum Natur und Mensch Oldenburg: 2928
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 | Altar; Ikegobo |
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Materials | Wood |
Size, Dimensions | Height: 33,7 cm, Diameter: 20,8 cm |
Dating of Object |
Museum / Collection / Acquisition
This information was provided by the German museum where the object is currently located or where it was located prior to restitution.
Museum | Landesmuseum Natur und Mensch Oldenburg |
Museum Inv.-No | 2928 |
Collector | Arthur Speyer (III) |
Acquisition date | 1962 |
Circumstances of acquisition | presumably looted in connection with the British punitive expedition from Benin, 1897; at an unknown date, the altar subsequently came into the possession of the art dealer family Arthur Speyer; in 1962, Arthur Speyer (III) sold the object to the Landesmuseum Natur und Mensch Oldenburg. |
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Current ownership status and location
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Categorization for the search functions
This information was included by the German Contact Point for Collections from Colonial Contexts and is intended to make the object easier to find in the database.
Object Type | |
Materials | wood |
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Dataset
ID | 1235 |
last Change | 2022-09-27 01:01:30 |
License | Landesmuseum Natur und Mensch Oldenburg |