Ethnologisches Museum der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin. Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz: III C 8057
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| Ethnologisches Museum der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin. Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz: III C 8057 | |
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 | Königinmutter von einer Altargruppe (Queen mother; fragment of an altar group) |
| Description | |
| Type | Plastik (Sculpture) |
| Materials | Messing |
| Size, Dimensions | Gewicht: 1,81 kg; Objektmaß: 22,50 x 7,50 x 7,50 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 8057 |
| Collector | William Downing Webster (1895), Veräußerer |
| Acquisition date | 1898 |
| Circumstances of acquisition | 18. Jh. - 19. Jh., im Auftrag im Königreich Benin gegeben; vermutlich geplündert im Zusammenhang mit der britischen Eroberung von Benin, 1897; in unbekanntem Besitz zwischen Feb. 1897 und 1898; erworben vom Museum für Völkerkunde von William D. Webster, 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 |
| Tags |
Dataset
| ID | 662 |
| last Change | 2021-05-30 00:00:00 |
| License | Ethnologisches Museum der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin. Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz |