Catalogue
ID
210675
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
Relief Plaque
Categories
Palace Architecture & Ornamentation
Location
1 Adesogbe (Plymouth) Road, P.M.B. 1115, Benin City , Edo State
Relief Plaque
Relief Plaque
Relief Plaque
Relief Plaque
Relief Plaque
Relief Plaque
Relief Plaque
Relief Plaque
Relief Plaque

Provenance

4 events
Production
1504 (approximate) to 1550 (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.
Auction
August 18, 1897
The object was auctioned to the Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin through Hale & Son in London.
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

3 documents
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Museum Catalogue
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
Die Altertümer von Benin
Date
January 1, 1919 at 12:00:00 AM
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. 1
Date
February 25, 1898
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. 1
Date
September 22, 1898

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
210675
Sachbegriff
designation
Sachbegriff: Reliefplatte
Titel
designation
Titel: Krokodilskopf
Objektref.
description
E 132/1898, Erwerbung: a.) I/49/1898 b.) I/55/1898 + c.) I/129/1898: a.) III C 7638-7670, Ethnogr. (Zähne, Bronzen etc.) (Benin), [Ankauf] Hale & Son + b.) III C 7761, Abguss eines Elephantenzahns (Benin), Original im Besitz von Dr. H. Meyer in Leipzig + c.) VIII 6094 a-c - 6099, Photogr. (BNenin), bei Hale&Son angefertigt, 1898, Hale & Son (1887)
Texte Online
description
Online Beschreibung, [Benin_Königreich]
Material / Technik
material
Material: Messing; Ausgabe: Messing
Material / Technik // Alle
material
Messing, Messing
Maße
dimensions
32,40 x 17,00 cm
Objekttyp
object type
Allgemein
Sachbegr. Ausgabe
object type
Reliefplatte (Relief plaque)
Anzahl Teile
object count
1
Datierung
date made
16. Jh.
Geogr. Bezüge
production place
Nigeria ( Land ); Benin ( Königreich )
Geogr. Bezüge // Alle
production place
Benin, Nigeria
Beteiligte
prior source
Hale & Son (1887), Veräußerer
Beteiligte // (Name, Sortierung=kleinste)
prior source
Hale & Son
Veräußerer
prior source
null
Erwerb. Notiz
provenance
Erwerbung von: Hale & Son; Notiz: Rückführung Leipzig; Ausgabe: 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; versteigert von der Firma Hale & Son, 1897; ersteigert vom Königlichen Museum für Völkerkunde, 1897.
Verw. Institution
department and institution
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Erwerb. Datum
accession date
1898
Besitzart
accession method
Eigentum
Erwerbungsart
accession method
Ankauf
Digital Assets
images
III C 7652.JPG, Repro Digitalisat; III C 7652 -B.JPG, Repro Digitalisat; III C 7652 -C.JPG, Repro Digitalisat; III C 7652 -D.JPG, Repro Digitalisat; III C 7652 -E.JPG, Repro Digitalisat; III C 7652 -F.JPG, Repro Digitalisat; III C 7652 -G.JPG, Repro Digitalisat; III C 7652 -H.JPG, Repro Digitalisat
Erwerb. Nr.
I/49/1898
Ident. Nr.
III C 7652
Ident. Nr. // (Sortiernr.)
0003 C 07652
Obj. Status
vorhanden
object_images/creator
license
Dietmar Gunne
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