Catalogue
ID
1031728
Institution
Omo n'Oba n'Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Ọba of Benin & National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Nigeria
Restituted
Previously owned by Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Edo designations
English designations
Charm
Categories
Ceremonial Regalia
Personal Adornment
Location
1 Adesogbe (Plymouth) Road, P.M.B. 1115, Benin City , Edo State

Provenance

5 events
Production
unknown to February 22, 1897 (day approximate)
The object was produced by Unknown member(s) of the Igbesamwan guild.
Looted
February 22, 1897 (day approximate) to June 1899 (year approximate)
The object was looted by February 1897 Unknown member of the British colonial military campaign on Benin from Benin Kingdom.
Unknown
some day in March 1897 to September 10, 1898
The object is known to have come into contact with Eduard Schmidt.
Purchase
September 13, 1898 to December 31, 1898
The object was purchased by the Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin from Eduard Schmidt with its destination in Berlin.
Restitution
August 25, 2022
The object was restituted by the Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin to the Omo n'Oba n'Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Ọba of Benin & National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Nigeria through Hermann Parzinger and Abba Isa Tijani from Berlin to Nigeria.

Institution data

Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
The data was transferred directly by the institution.
Last updated: 2021-06-14
Language: german
Institution fieldValue
ID
object id
1031728
Sachbegriff
designation
Anhänger für Halsband
Titel
designation
Anhänger von einer königlichen Halskette
Objektref.
description
E 993/1897, Erwerbung: a.) I/4/1898 + b.) I/81/1898: a.) VIII 5099, Photogr. u. Negativ (Benin, Bronzen + Zähne in Lagos), Kühn reproduziert, Original im AA + b.) III C 8085, 8086, Bronze-Hahn u. Elfenbeinperlen (Benin), Schenkung Consul Schmidt, 1897, Eduard Schmidt (1892)
Texte Online
description
Online Beschreibung, [Benin_Königreich]
Material / Technik
material
Material: Elfenbein; Material: Messing (?); Ausgabe: Elfenbein, Messing (?)
Material / Technik // Alle
material
Elfenbein, Messing (?), Elfenbein, Messing (?)
Maße
dimensions
je ca. 8,50 x 1,50 x 1,50 cm
Objekttyp
object type
Allgemein
Sachbegr. Ausgabe
object type
Stabperlen
Anzahl Teile
object count
9 von 11
Datierung
date made
18. Jh.-19. Jh.
Geogr. Bezüge
production place
Nigeria ( Land ); Benin ( Königreich )
Geogr. Bezüge // Alle
production place
Benin, Nigeria
Beteiligte
prior source
Eduard Schmidt (1892), Sammler; Kaiserliches Auswärtiges Amt des Deutschen Reiches (1875), Vermittler
Beteiligte // (Name, Sortierung=kleinste)
prior source
Schmidt, Eduard
Veräußerer
prior source
null
Erwerb. Notiz
provenance
Erwerbung von: Eduard Schmidt, Kaiserlicher Konsul in Lagos; Notiz: Rückführung Leipzig; Ausgabe: 18. - 19. Jh., im Auftrag gegeben; vermutlich geplündert im Zusammenhang mit der britischen Eroberung von Benin, 1897; in unbekanntem Besitz nach der Eroberung von dem Königreich Benin; gesammelt von Konsul Eduard Schmidt, Angestellter der Woermann Linie, zwischen 1897 und 1898 im Gebiet des späteren kolonialen Nigeria; verkauft an das Königliche Museum für Völkerkunde in Berlin, 1898.
Verw. Institution
department and institution
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Erwerb. Datum
accession date
1898
Besitzart
accession method
Eigentum
Erwerbungsart
accession method
Schenkung
Digital Assets
images
III C 8086.jpg, Repro Digitalisat
Erwerb. Nr.
I/81/1898
Ident. Nr.
III C 8086 a-i
Ident. Nr. // (Sortiernr.)
0003 C 08086 a-i
Obj. Status
nicht komplett
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