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

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Linden-Museum Stuttgart: 118740




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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	Ceremonial sword eben (copper alloy)
Description	"Eben" is the name of a ceremonial sword that was associated with the metal god Ogun and his powers. During ceremonies in honor of a deceased Oba (king), the officiating Oba and other dignitaries danced with such swords. As a climax, they touched the ancestral altar of the deceased king to establish contact with him in the otherworldly upper world. Also, during the ceremonies for the initiation of a crown prince into the adult world, he danced with "eben" and twirled it in the air in honor of his ancestors to capture the sun's reflection of the upper world. Text: Dietmar Neitzke.
Type	Zeremonienschwert
Materials	Copper alloy
Size, Dimensions	Length: 103 cm. Width: 24 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	118740
Collector	Arthur Speyer
Acquisition date	1956
Circumstances of acquisition	The sword came to the Linden Museum through a exchange deal with the ethnographic dealer Arthur Speyer. Text: Markus Himmelsbach.

Notes

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	Linden Museum Stuttgart (permanent loan)

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	weapon
Materials	metal; copper alloy
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Dataset

ID	160
last Change	2023-01-26 12:15:00
License	Linden-Museum Stuttgart

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