Catalogue
Inventory no. [ObjInventarNrS]
51239
Institution
Weltkulturen Museum Frankfurt am Main
Edo designations
English designations
Bell
Categories
Altar & Shrine Objects
Musical Instruments
Location
Schaumainkai 29-37, 60594 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Bell
Bell

Provenance

4 events
Production
1500 (year approximate) 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
1920s to 1974
The object is known to have come into contact with Arthur Johannes Otto Jansen Speyer, later in Wiesbaden.
Purchase
1974
The object was purchased by the Weltkulturen Museum Frankfurt am Main from Arthur Johannes Otto Jansen Speyer from Wiesbaden to Frankfurt.

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Weltkulturen Museum Frankfurt am Main
Inventory book WKM FFM

Institution data

Weltkulturen Museum Frankfurt am Main
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Last updated: 2021-04-20
Language: english
Institution fieldValue
Inventory no. [ObjInventarNrS]
object id
51239
Object designation [ObjTitelOriginalS]
designation
object type
Bell
Description [ObjReserve02M]
description
51239. With clapper. Rectangular cone. Carrying handle. 3 sides with open giter, 1 with face, 1 closed. Probably souvenir, since lattice bells did not occur in classical Benin.
Mat./Technique [ObjTechMatM]
material
Yellow cast iron, Very pure brass with extremely high zinc content, no tin, low lead content, extremely low trace element concentrations and significantly increased cadmium value
Dimensions [ObjMasse1S]
dimensions
H 28.5
Dating [ObjDatierungS]
date made
late 19th century
Year from [ObjJahrVonL]
date made
Year until [ObjJahrBisL]
date made
Geographical reference [ObjGeografieS]
production place
Kingdom of Benin (Africa->West Africa->Nigeria)
Name sorting [KueSortierungS_0]
prior source
Speyer
Name sorting [KueSortierungS_1]
prior source
First Name 2 [KueVorNameS_1]
provenance
First name [KueVorNameS_0]
provenance
Arthur Johannes Otto Jansen
Function collector 2 [OkuFunktionS_1]
provenance
Function collector [OkuFunktionS_0]
provenance
Merchant
Inventory note [ObjFeld07M]
provenance
03
Last Name 2 [KueNameS_1]
provenance
Last name [KueNameS_0]
provenance
Speyer (III)
Date of acquisition[ObjFeld04M]
accession date
1974
Acquisition type [ObjFeld02M]
accession method
Comemnts[ObjCreditlineM]
notes
Exhibition
exhibition history
Literature
bibliography
Type [ObjSystematikS]
Idiophone
Type of ownership [ObjFeld01M]
Type of person 2 [KueTypS_1]
Type of person [KueTypS_0]
Person
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