Catalogue
ID
1315348
Institution
Omo n'Oba n'Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Ọba of Benin & National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Nigeria
Restituted
Previously owned by Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Edo designations
English designations
Hair Ornament
Categories
Personal Adornment
Location
1 Adesogbe (Plymouth) Road, P.M.B. 1115, Benin City , Edo State
Hair Ornament
Hair Ornament

Provenance

6 events
Production
unknown to February 22, 1897 (day approximate)
The object was produced by Unknown member(s) of the Igun-Ẹrọnmwọn guild in Benin City.
Looted
February 22, 1897 (day approximate) to June 1899 (year approximate)
The object was looted by Unknown member of the British colonial military campaign on Benin - February 1897 from Benin Kingdom.
Unknown
February 22, 1897 (day approximate) to July 15, 1901
The object is known to have come into contact with Albert Jepsen.
Purchase
July 15, 1901
The object was purchased by the Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin from Albert Jepsen in Berlin.
Restitution
August 25, 2022
The object was restituted by the Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin to the Omo n'Oba n'Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Ọba of Benin & National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Nigeria through Hermann Parzinger and Abba Isa Tijani from Berlin to Nigeria.
Restitution
August 25, 2022
The object was restituted by the Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin to the Omo n'Oba n'Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Ọba of Benin & National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Nigeria through Hermann Parzinger and Abba Isa Tijani from Berlin to Nigeria.

Related archival documents

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An archival document representing a Correspondence of 2 page(s)
Correspondence
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Die Erwerbung ethnologischer Gegenstände aus der Benin-Expedition. Vol. 4
Date
July 10, 1901
An archival document representing a Correspondence of 4 page(s)
Correspondence
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Die Erwerbung ethnologischer Gegenstände aus der Benin-Expedition. Vol. 4
Date
July 11, 1901
An archival document representing a Correspondence of 1 page(s)
Correspondence
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Die Erwerbung ethnologischer Gegenstände aus der Benin-Expedition. Vol. 4
Date
July 13, 1901

Institution data

Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
The data was transferred directly by the institution.
Last updated: 2021-06-14
Language: german
Institution fieldValue
ID
object id
1315348
Sachbegriff
designation
Weiterer Sachbegriff: Schmucknadel; Sachbegriff: Haarnadel; Sachbegriff: Haarnadeln; Sachbegriff: Schmucknadel
Titel
designation
Objektref.
description
III C 12588 a, Haarnadel, 19. Jh., A. Jepsen (1901); E 623/1901, Erwerbung: I/82/1901: III C 12586-12602; VII A 1067-1069, Ethnogr. (Benin u. Wari), A. Jepsen, 1901, A. Jepsen (1901); III C 12588b, Schmucknadel
Texte Online
description
Online Beschreibung, "2 Haarnadel aus Messing, a mit 3 zackiger oberen Endung, b mit m. 2 zackiger."a)Form: Eine dreiendige Y-förmige Nadel mit roten Perlen in den Enden (die mittlere fehlt)b)Form: Eine Y-förmige Nadel mit roten Perlen in den Enden (eine fehlt) [Benin_Königreich]
Material / Technik
material
Material: Messing; Material: Glas; Ausgabe: Messing; Glas
Material / Technik // Alle
material
Messing; Glas, Messing, Glas
Maße
dimensions
12,00 x 4,00 x 1,00 cm
Objekttyp
object type
Allgemein
Sachbegr. Ausgabe
object type
Haarnadel
Anzahl Teile
object count
1
Datierung
date made
19. Jh.
Geogr. Bezüge
production place
Nigeria ( Land/Region ); Benin ( Königreich )
Geogr. Bezüge // Alle
production place
Benin, Nigeria
Beteiligte
prior source
A. Jepsen (1901), Sammler
Beteiligte // (Name, Sortierung=kleinste)
prior source
Jepsen, A.
Veräußerer
prior source
null
Erwerb. Notiz
provenance
Notiz: Rückführung Leipzig; Ausgabe: 19 Jh., Auftrag im Königreich Benin; Besitz vor 1897 derzeit unbekannt; vermutlich geplündert im Zusammenhang mit der britischen Eroberung von Benin, 1897; in unbekanntem Besitz nach Feb. 1897; erworben vom Museum für Völkerkunde von A. Jepsen, 1901.
Verw. Institution
department and institution
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Erwerb. Datum
accession date
1901
Besitzart
accession method
Erwerbungsart
accession method
Ankauf
Digital Assets
images
III C 12588 b -A.jpg, Repro Digitalisat; III C 12588 b -B.jpg, Repro Digitalisat
Erwerb. Nr.
I/82/1901
Ident. Nr.
III C 12588 b
Ident. Nr. // (Sortiernr.)
0003 C 12588 b
Obj. Status
vorhanden
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