Ethnologisches Museum der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin. Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz: III C 7620

 

Object description
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Object Name Prunk-Speer (Parade speer)
Description
Type Parade speer
Materials Messing, verziert
Size, Dimensions Länge: 120,00 cm (Schaft); Breite: 9,00 cm (Schaftende); Länge: 175,00 cm (gesamt)
Dating of Object

Museum / Collection / Acquisition
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Museum Ethnologisches Museum der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin. Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz
Museum Inv.-No III C 7620
Collector Fenton & Sons - Antiquities, Armour (1893), Veräußerer
Acquisition date 1898
Circumstances of acquisition In Auftrag gegeben im Königreich Benin vor 1897; möglicherweise geplündert im Zusammenhang mit der britischen Eroberung Benins, 1897; bis 1998 im Besitz der Firma Fenton & Sons; verkauft an das Königliche Museum für Völkerkunde in Berlin, 1898.
   
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Date of last status change
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Categorization for the search functions
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Object Type weapon
Materials metal; brass
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Dataset

ID 622
last Change 2021-05-30 00:00:00
License Ethnologisches Museum der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin. Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz