Staatliche Ethnographische Sammlungen Sachsen im Verbund der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden: 13594

Staatliche Ethnographische Sammlungen Sachsen im Verbund der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Staatliche Ethnographische Sammlungen Sachsen im Verbund der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden: 13594

 

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 Schlüsselhaken Bronze Der in Form eines übergroßen Nagels gearbeitete Schlüsselhaken diente dem Versperren bestimmter Palast- oder Schreinräume.
Description
Type
Materials
Size, Dimensions H: 40,0 cm
Dating of Object Königreich Benin, vor 1897

Museum / Collection / Acquisition
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Museum Staatliche Ethnographische Sammlungen Sachsen im Verbund der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Museum Inv.-No 13594
Collector Arthur Baessler, Berlin, purchased from William D. Webster, London, in 1902
Acquisition date 1902
Circumstances of acquisition Donated by Arthur Baessler, Berlin
   
Notes Arthur Baessler, 1857-1907, German Ethnologist and Athropologist; William Downing Webster, 1868-1913, English Dealer and Collector of Ethnographica

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 key
Materials metal; bronze
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Dataset

ID 182
last Change 2021-05-29 00:00:00
License Staatliche Ethnographische Sammlungen Sachsen im Verbund der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden