Landesmuseum Natur und Mensch Oldenburg: 2928

Landesmuseum Natur und Mensch Oldenburg
Landesmuseum Natur und Mensch Oldenburg: 2928
Landesmuseum Natur und Mensch Oldenburg
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
Description
Type
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.
   
Notes

Current ownership status and location

Status
Date of last status change
Current ownership
Holding institution
Current location

Categorization for the search functions
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Object Type
Materials wood
Tags

Dataset

ID 1235
last Change 2022-09-27 01:01:30
License Landesmuseum Natur und Mensch Oldenburg