Catalogue
ID
200221
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
Chest
Categories
Containers
Location
1 Adesogbe (Plymouth) Road, P.M.B. 1115, Benin City , Edo State
Box
Box

Iconographies

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Provenance

5 events
Production
unknown to February 22, 1897 (day approximate)
The object was produced by Unknown member(s) of the Emada and Unknown member(s) of the Igbesamwan 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 1905
The object is known to have come into contact with Hermann Held.
Purchase
1905
The object was purchased by the Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin from Hermann Held through Paul Bieger with its destination 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.

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
200221
Sachbegriff
designation
Sachbegriff: Deckel
Titel
designation
Objektref.
description
E 722/1905, Erwerbung: I/51/1905: III C 19208-19273, VII A 2207-2227, S. 1015, Ethnogr., Schädel (Yoruba), [Ankauf*] P. Bieger (Held) -- Inhalt/Enthält: Paul Bieger Angebot von Ethnographica durch seinen Verwandten, Hermann Held.- Objektliste.- Weiterleitung der Zoologica an das Naturkundemuseum., 1905, Paul Bieger (1905)
Texte Online
description
Online Beschreibung, Holzkästchen. Mit Mustern versehene Stirnflächen. Die Oberfläche ist mit einem Unendlich-Knoten Motiv verziert. [Benin_Königreich]
Material / Technik
material
Material: Holz; Ausgabe: Holz
Material / Technik // Alle
material
Holz, Holz
Maße
dimensions
(a) 5,30 x 20,00 x 17,50 cm; (b) 4,00 x 20,00 x 17,50 cm
Objekttyp
object type
Allgemein
Sachbegr. Ausgabe
object type
Deckel
Anzahl Teile
object count
2
Datierung
date made
19. Jh.
Geogr. Bezüge
production place
Nigeria ( Land/Region ); Benin (?) ( Königreich )
Geogr. Bezüge // Alle
production place
Benin (?), Nigeria
Beteiligte
prior source
Paul Bieger (1905), Veräußerer; Hermann Held (1905), Sammler
Beteiligte // (Name, Sortierung=kleinste)
prior source
Held, Hermann
Veräußerer
prior source
null
Erwerb. Notiz
provenance
Notiz: Rückführung Leipzig; Ausgabe: In Auftrag gegeben von der Gilde der Holzschnitzer im Königreich Benin vor 1897 oder während des Interregnums nach 1897; Besitz vor 1897 derzeit unbekannt; möglicherweise im Zusammenhang mit der britischen Eroberung Benins geplündert, 1897; vor 1905 im Besitz von Hermann Held; verkauft an das Königliche Museum für Völkerkunde in Berlin, 1905.
Verw. Institution
department and institution
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Erwerb. Datum
accession date
1905
Besitzart
accession method
Eigentum
Erwerbungsart
accession method
Ankauf
Digital Assets
images
III C 19211 a,b.JPG, Repro Digitalisat; III C 19211 a.JPG, Repro Digitalisat
Erwerb. Nr.
I/51/1905
Ident. Nr.
III C 19211 a,b
Ident. Nr. // (Sortiernr.)
0003 C 19211 a,b
Obj. Status
vorhanden
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