Catalogue
Reg No.
43016
Institution
Omo n'Oba n'Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Ọba of Benin & National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Nigeria
Restituted
Previously owned by Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Edo designations
English designations
Gong
Categories
Musical Instruments
Ceremonial Objects
Location
1 Adesogbe (Plymouth) Road, P.M.B. 1115, Benin City , Edo State
Gong

Provenance

5 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.
Purchase
1930 (approximate) to 1934
The object was purchased by Louis Carré and Charles Alfred Marius Ratton with its destination in Paris.
Purchase
March 23, 1944
The object was purchased by the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum from Louis Carré through Hildebrand Gurlitt from Paris to Cologne.
Restitution
December 8, 2022
The object was restituted by the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum to the Omo n'Oba n'Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Ọba of Benin & National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Nigeria from Cologne to Nigeria.

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Inventory
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
194305

Institution data

Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
The data was transferred directly by the institution.
Last updated: 2022-07-27
Language: english
Institution fieldValue
Additional Ids
object id
194305
Additional Ids / bundle
object id
RJM 1943/05
Other numbers
object id
Reg No.
object id
43016
Reg. No / Inventory number
object id
RJM 43016
Object name
designation
object type
double bell
Object name / Title
designation
Double Gong
materials
material
copper alloy, mineral pigments
Dimension/s
dimensions
H.33cm W.14.80cm X. 11.90cm
previous owner/collector
prior source
Hildebrand Gurlitt
provenance
provenance
from 23.03.1944, Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum (purchase); until 23.03.1944, Hildebrand Gurlitt (1895-1956) (consignment); probably 1934 - 1944, Louis Carré (17.12.1897 - 11.09.1977), Paris (place) (purchase)
Institution
department and institution
Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum - Cultures of the World, Cologne
Institution acquisition date
accession date
3/23/44
Acquisition details
accession method
purchase
comments
notes
The Konvolut 1943/05 runs under Dr. med. Hildebrand Gurlitt, although Gurlitt was probably not a previous owner in the true sense, but middleman, the transport of the objects selected in the occupied Paris by museum director Martin Heydrich. Acquired in Paris in 1944; through Art Cabinet Hildebrand Gurlitt, Hamburg / Dresden
Copyright
license
 © Museumsgesellschaft RJM Köln, Foto Uli Grohs
notes concerning "other numbers"
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