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Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main: 08133




Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main: 08133




Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main: 08133

Object description
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Object Name	Plaque
Description	Depiction of a warrior with pot helmet, high neck collar, many sword hangings. Fragments of a spear. In the 4 corners crocodile heads. "In the corners of many plaques are designs ... relating to Olokun ... crocodiles. The appearence of so much Olokun imagery as background in plaques depicting court ritual and court life is a perfect commentary on the period of Esigie's reign (16th cent) when the powers of the sea worked behind the oba to strengthen and expand the kingdom. (Ben Amos, 29) PUBL Kat. 1975: Abb. 4
Type	Part (Building)
Materials	Brass casting/Yellow casting; brass; brass with high zinc content, very low tin content, slightly elevated lead content and elevated trace element concentrations.
Size, Dimensions	Height: 48 cm
Dating of Object

Museum / Collection / Acquisition
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Museum	Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Museum Inv.-No	08133
Collector	Ernst Lippert
Acquisition date	approx. 1910
Circumstances of acquisition	- […]: Ernst Lippert - 1907: Städtisches Völkermuseum, Frankfurt; Purchase from Ernst Lippert

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Object Type	relief
Materials	metal; brass
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ID	1180
last Change	2022-02-03 11:42:17
License	Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main

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