Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum Köln: 2007

Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum Köln
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum Köln: 2007

 

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 Sword
Description
Type
Materials iron, copper alloy
Size, Dimensions H.92.50cm W.7.70cm X. 7.8cm
Dating of Object

Museum / Collection / Acquisition
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Museum Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum Köln
Museum Inv.-No 2007 (189701)
Collector Eugen Rautenstrauch
Acquisition date 1897
Circumstances of acquisition donation
   
Notes On original document is noted: „Gegenstände aus Benin; 1897 durch die Engländer dortselbst erbeutet.“ > "objects from Benin; in 1897 captured by the Englishmen"

Current ownership status and location

Status
Date of last status change
Current ownership
Holding institution
Current location

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 weapon
Materials metal; iron
Tags

Dataset

ID 8
last Change 2021-05-24 00:00:00
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