BASA-Museum (Bonner Amerikas-Sammlung): 769
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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 | “Hahn, Bronzeplastik”, bronze sculpture in the form of a rooster |
| Description | |
| Type | animal sculpture |
| Materials | metal; probably brass |
| Size, Dimensions | length (cm) 11; hight (cm) 12 |
| Dating of Object | unknown |
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 | BASA-Museum (Bonner Amerikas-Sammlung) |
| Museum Inv.-No | 769 (67.5) |
| Collector | Franz Josef Micha (purchaser) |
| Acquisition date | 25.08.1957 |
| Circumstances of acquisition | purchase |
| Notes | Acquired by Franz Josef Micha, a former employee of the Department of Ethnology at the University of Bonn, from “Thomas” in London, presumably an auction house or antiquities dealer about whom no further information is known. Micha traveled to London on behalf of Hermann Trimborn to purchase objects for the department's collection with funds from the German Research Foundation (DFG). In 1957, he acquired nearly one hundred objects, which he sent to Bonn on August 25, 1957, including two bronze bird sculptures from Nigeria purchased from Thomas. |
Current ownership status and location
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| Date of last status change | |
| Current ownership | |
| Holding institution | BASA-Museum (Bonner Amerikas-Sammlung) |
| Current location | Bonn |
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 | sculpture |
| Materials | metal; brass |
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Dataset
| ID | 1275 |
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| License | BASA-Museum (Bonner Amerikas-Sammlung) |