German Contact Point for Collections from Colonial Contexts: Benin-Bronzes in Germany

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Linden-Museum Stuttgart: 004638




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Object description
This information was provided by the German museum where the object is currently located or where it was located prior to restitution.

Object Name	Ceremonial bell (copper alloy)
Description	These bells, like virtually all yellow castings, were made almost exclusively for the king. They served two different purposes: On ancestral altars, they were rung at the beginning of a ceremony. And as rank signs and amulets, they were worn by high-ranking soldiers. In the region of southern Nigeria, they were made since the 9th century and exported to England in the 16th century. Test: Dietmar Neitzke.
Type	Glocke
Materials	Copper alloy
Size, Dimensions	Width: 10 cm. - Height: 20 cm.
Dating of Object

Museum / Collection / Acquisition
This information was provided by the German museum where the object is currently located or where it was located prior to restitution.

Museum	Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Museum Inv.-No	004638
Collector	Eugen Rautenstrauch junior or (more probably) Theodor Rautenstrauch bought it in London and then Eugen Rautenstrauch senior (Cologne, Germany) donated it to the Linden-Museum
Acquisition date	1899
Circumstances of acquisition	Theodor Rautenstrauch bought several Benin objects during a stay in London. Among them were two very similar bells. His father Eugen Rautenstrauch then donated one of them to the Linden-Museum. The other one he wanted to give to the Cologne Museum. Text: Markus Himmelsbach.

Notes

Current ownership status and location

Status	restituted
Date of last status change	14 December 2022
Current ownership	Federal Republic of Nigeria
Holding institution	National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM, Nigeria)
Current location	Linden Museum Stuttgart (permanent loan)

Categorization for the search functions
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Object Type	bell
Materials	metal; copper alloy
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Dataset

ID	97
last Change	2023-01-26 12:15:00
License	Linden-Museum Stuttgart

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