Catalogue
Reg No.
44722
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
English designations
Pendant Plaque
Categories
Ceremonial Regalia
Location
1 Adesogbe (Plymouth) Road, P.M.B. 1115, Benin City , Edo State
Pendant Plaque

Provenance

6 events
Production
unknown to February 22, 1897 (day approximate)
The object was produced by 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 Robert B. Allman from Benin Kingdom.
Inheritance
1917
The object was inherited by R. B. Allman from Robert B. Allman.
Auction
November 26, 1931
The object was auctioned to Louis Carré and Charles Alfred Marius Ratton by R. B. Allman through Foster's in London.
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
44722
Reg. No / Inventory number
object id
RJM 44722
Object name
designation
object type
leopard hip ornament
Object name / Title
designation
Leopard Pendant
materials
material
ivory
Dimension/s
dimensions
H.10.60cm W.25cm X. 3.60cm
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); 1897 - 1917, Robert Allman (1854-1917) (inherited); 1917 - 26.11.1931 , Allman Allman, Rathmines, Dublin (inheritance); 26. 11.1931 - 1934, Charles Ratton (11.03.1897-21.07.986), France, Paris (purchase); 26.11.1931, Auctioneers Foster & Foster, London (place) (commission); probably 1934 - 1944, Louis Carré (17. 12.1897 - 11.09.1977), Paris (location) (purchase); 15.06.1932 - 15.07.1932, Musée d'ethnographie-Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris (location), exhibition "Exposition de Bronzes et Ivoires du Royaume de Bénin" in Palais du Trocadéro (loan); 18.03.1935 - 19.05.1935, Museum of Modern Art, New York, exhibition "African Art" (loan)
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
Permanent exhibition RJM; 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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