Ethnologisches Museum der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin. Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz: III C 8271
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| Ethnologisches Museum der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin. Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz: III C 8271 | |
Object description
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| Object Name | Höfling mit ekpokin-Behälter |
| Description | |
| Type | Reliefplatte (Relief plaque) |
| Materials | Messing |
| Size, Dimensions | Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 46,40 x 18,50 x 9,00 cm; Gewicht: 5,30 kg |
| Dating of Object | 1501–1600 |
Museum / Collection / Acquisition
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| Museum | Ethnologisches Museum der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin. Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz |
| Museum Inv.-No | III C 8271 |
| Collector | |
| Acquisition date | 1899 |
| Circumstances of acquisition | 16. Jh., im Auftrag von Oba Esigie (reg. 1517-1550) oder seines Sohnes Oba Orhogbua (reg. 1550-1570), Königspalast, Benin-Stadt; durch Erbschaft an Oba Ovonramwen (ca. 1857-1914; reg. 1888-97), Königspalast, Benin-Stadt; geplündert im Zusammenhang mit der britischen Eroberung von Benin, 1897; gekauft von Hans Meyer, zwischen 1897 und 1898; geschenkt an das Königliche Museum für Völkerkunde in Berlin, 1899. |
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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 | relief |
| Materials | metal; brass |
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Dataset
| ID | 749 |
| last Change | 2021-05-30 00:00:00 |
| License | Ethnologisches Museum der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin. Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz |