Ethnologisches Museum der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin. Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz: III C 7616
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| Ethnologisches Museum der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin. Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz: III C 7616 | |
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 (Opa or rooster) |
| Description | |
| Type | Plastik (Sculpture) |
| Materials | Messing |
| Size, Dimensions | Gewicht: 17,50 kg; Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 46,00 x 19,00 x 45,00 cm |
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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 | Ethnologisches Museum der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin. Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz |
| Museum Inv.-No | III C 7616 |
| Collector | Eva Webster (geb. Cutter) (1879), Veräußerer |
| Acquisition date | 1898 |
| Circumstances of acquisition | 17.-19. Jh., Auftragsarbeit der Igun Eronmwon oder Gilde der Messinggießer im Königreich Benin; vermutlich im Zusammenhang mit der britischen Eroberung von Benin, 1897, geplündert; um 1898 im Besitz der Ethnografika-Händlerin Eva Cutter, die den Händler William D. Webster heiratete; verkauft an das Königliche Museum für Völkerkunde in Berlin, 1898. |
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Current ownership status and location
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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 | 619 |
| last Change | 2021-05-30 00:00:00 |
| License | Ethnologisches Museum der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin. Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz |