Ethnologisches Museum der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin. Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz: III C 19208
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Object description
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| Object Name | Leopardenschädel |
| Description | |
| Type | Tierplastik |
| Materials | Messing, Guss; Brass, copper alloy, casting |
| Size, Dimensions | Objektmaß: 7,30 x 19,80 x 11,60 cm (Messung am Objekt) |
| Dating of Object | 1701–1900 |
Museum / Collection / Acquisition
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| Museum | Ethnologisches Museum der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin. Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz |
| Museum Inv.-No | III C 19208 |
| Collector | Paul Bieger (1905), Veräußerer |
| Acquisition date | 1905 |
| Circumstances of acquisition | Auftrag der Igun Eronmwon oder Gilde der Messinggießer im Königreich Benin; durch Erbschaft an Ọba Ovọnramwẹn (ca. 1857-1914; regierte 1888-97), Königspalast, Benin-Stadt; vermutlich im Zusammenhang mit der britischen Eroberung Benins, 1897, geplündert; vor 1905 im Besitz von Hermann Held; verkauft an das Königliche Museum für Völkerkunde in Berlin, 1905. |
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Current ownership status and location
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Categorization for the search functions
This information was included by the German Contact Point for Collections from Colonial Contexts and is intended to make the object easier to find in the database.
| Object Type | sculpture |
| Materials | metal; brass |
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Dataset
| ID | 1051 |
| last Change | 2021-05-30 00:00:00 |
| License | Ethnologisches Museum der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin. Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz |