Catalogue
ID
1315351
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
Male Figure
Categories
Figures
Location
1 Adesogbe (Plymouth) Road, P.M.B. 1115, Benin City , Edo State

Iconographies

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Ẹgba
Bracelets

Ẹgba (bracelets) are worn as part of ceremonial costumes and could be made of brass, bronze, iron, ivory or wood. The material determines the status of the individual wearing it, as the Ọba controls the use and production of brass, bronze and ivory. Ẹgba is the designation used to describe bracelets worn around the upper arm that could potentially become amulets by putting charms or medicine in them.

1 annotation
Ẹgba
hairstyles
Eto
hairstyles

Hairstyles are used to determine a person's status in the society, as chiefs, common folks, chief's wives and the wives of the Ọba all wear different hairstyles. We have Okuku, Ikpe~okhokho, Idu~akpata

1 annotation
Eto

Provenance

5 events
Production
unknown to February 22, 1897 (day approximate)
The object was produced by Unknown member(s) of the Igun-Ẹrọnmwọn guild in Benin City.
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
February 22, 1897 (day approximate) to 1902
The object is known to have come into contact with W. H. Himburg, in Benin City.
Purchase
1902
The object was purchased by the Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin from W. H. Himburg 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.

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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
1315351
Sachbegriff
designation
Sachbegriff: Menschliche Plastik
Titel
designation
Titel: Menschliche Figur
Objektref.
description
E 1003/1902, Erwerbung: I/127/1902: III C 14498-14577, 4 Bronzen u. Goldgewichte (Benin u. Aschanti), (Ankauf) W.H. Himburg, 1902, W.H. Himburg (1902); VIII A 10735, Positiv, SW, Plastik, Bronze, Kurt Grunst (*04.04.1921)
Texte Online
description
Online Beschreibung, Eintrag im historischen Hauptkatalog: "3 kl. Broncefiguren, zu einer größeren Gruppe gehörend"a)Männlich, mit Trommelb)Männlich, mit Glockec)Männlich, hält in der Rechten ein Beil. Der Gegenstand in der Linken ist nicht erkennbar. [Benin_Königreich]
Material / Technik
material
Material: Bronze; Material: Messing; Ausgabe: Bronze
Material / Technik // Alle
material
Bronze, Bronze, Messing
Maße
dimensions
16,00 cm; 17,50 x 7,00 x 5,50 cm
Objekttyp
object type
Allgemein
Sachbegr. Ausgabe
object type
Plastik
Anzahl Teile
object count
1
Datierung
date made
18. Jh. - 19. Jh.
Geogr. Bezüge
production place
Nigeria ( Land/Region ); Benin ( Königreich )
Geogr. Bezüge // Alle
production place
Benin, Nigeria
Beteiligte
prior source
W.H. Himburg (1902), Sammler
Beteiligte // (Name, Sortierung=kleinste)
prior source
Himburg, W.H.
Veräußerer
prior source
null
Erwerb. Notiz
provenance
Notiz: Rückführung Leipzig (a,b); Ausgabe: 18. Jh. - 19 Jh., Auftrag bei der Messinggießergilde Igun Eronmwon im Königreich Benin; Besitz vor 1897 derzeit unbekannt; vermutlich geplündert im Zusammenhang mit der britischen Eroberung von Benin, 1897; in unbekanntem Besitz nach Feb. 1897; erworben vom Museum für Völkerkunde von W. H. Himburg, 1902.
Verw. Institution
department and institution
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Erwerb. Datum
accession date
1902
Besitzart
accession method
Erwerbungsart
accession method
Ankauf
Digital Assets
images
III C 14499 b.JPG, Repro Digitalisat
Erwerb. Nr.
I/127/1902
Ident. Nr.
III C 14499 b
Ident. Nr. // (Sortiernr.)
0003 C 14499 b
Obj. Status
vorhanden
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