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Ethnologisches Museum der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin. Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz: III C 10880




Ethnologisches Museum der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin. Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz: III C 10880

Object description
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Object Name	Soldat mit Schwert und Bogen
Description
Type	Reliefplatte (Relief plaque)
Materials	Messing
Size, Dimensions	Objektmaß: H: 44,5 cm B: 16,5 cm
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 10880
Collector
Acquisition date	1900
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; Besitzer zwischen 1897 und 1899 derzeit unbekannt; ersteigert ca. 1899 bei Stevens' Auction Rooms Ltd von Hans Meyer; Leihgabe von Meyer an das Königliche Museum für Völkerkunde in Berlin; erworben von Hans Meyer, ca. 1900.

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Categorization for the search functions
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Object Type	relief
Materials	metal; brass
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Dataset

ID	966
last Change	2021-05-30 00:00:00
License	Ethnologisches Museum der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin. Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz

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