German Contact Point for Collections from Colonial Contexts: Benin-Bronzes in Germany

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Linden-Museum Stuttgart: 033379




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Linden-Museum Stuttgart: 033379 License: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)




Linden-Museum Stuttgart: 033379 License: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)




Linden-Museum Stuttgart: 033379 License: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)




Linden-Museum Stuttgart: 033379 License: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

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	Copper alloy sculpture depicting three persons (a priest blessing two young men?)
Description	This group of figures shows one larger and two smaller male figures. The latter do not necessarily have to be interpreted as children, since the art of Benin often represents status through size. This is also supported by the fact that the larger figure wears significantly more beaded jewelry, and is thus to be addressed as a dignitary. Conceivable is a sacrificial scene, which was represented with such figures again and again. Especially from the 19th century, Europeans increasingly report human sacrifices, often by decapitation. The hand of the dignitary rests on the head, the spiritual and personal essence of the other two men. The highly stylized faces, overall poorer craftsmanship and casting quality with a rough surface also argue for a dating to the late period (1840 onwards). Text: Dietmar Neitzke.
Type	Figurengruppe
Materials	Copper alloy
Size, Dimensions	Width: 15 cm. Height: 28 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	Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Museum Inv.-No	033379
Collector	unknown
Acquisition date	1903
Circumstances of acquisition	It seems that the previous owner wanted to be anonym. The object is always listed in all documents, such as the inventory book, without the name of who they came from. Text: Markus Himmelsbach.

Notes	It seems that the previous owner wanted to be anonym.

Current ownership status and location

Status	restituted
Date of last status change	14 December 2022
Current ownership	Federal Republic of Nigeria
Holding institution	National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM, Nigeria)
Current location	Temporarily at the Linden-Museum Stuttgart

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Object Type	sculpture
Materials	metal; copper alloy
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Dataset

ID	148
last Change	2023-01-26 12:15:00
License	Linden-Museum Stuttgart

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