Provenance

5 events

Production

unknown to February 22, 1897 (day approximate)

The object was produced by Unknown member(s) of the Igbesamwan guild in Benin City.

Looted

February 22, 1897 (day approximate) to June 1899 (year approximate)

The object was looted by Unknown member of the British colonial military campaign on Benin - February 1897 from Benin Kingdom.

Unknown

February 22, 1897 (day approximate) to 1898

The object is known to have come into contact with Fenton & Sons, later in London.

Purchase

1898

The object was purchased by the Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin from Fenton & Sons from London to 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 field	Value
ID object id	1570906
Sachbegriff designation	Holzgerät; Weberschwert <weg>; Holzgerät
Titel designation
Objektref. description	E 1027/1897, Erwerbung: I/23/1898: III C 7618-26, VI 14311-14330, Ethnogr. (Benin, Neu-Holland, N.-Guinea, N.-Seeland, Tonga, Ankauf Fenton & Sons, London, 1897, Fenton & Sons - Antiquities, Armour (1893)
Texte Online description	Online Beschreibung, [Benin_Königreich]
Material / Technik material	Material: Holz; Technik: verziert; Ausgabe: Holz, verziert
Material / Technik // Alle material	Holz, verziert, Holz, verziert
Maße dimensions	97,00 x 4,00 cm; 97,00 x 4,50 x 1,50 cm
Objekttyp object type	Allgemein
Sachbegr. Ausgabe object type	Webschwert (tool for weaving)
Anzahl Teile object count	1
Datierung date made	19. Jh.
Geogr. Bezüge production place	Nigeria ( Land ); historische Bezeichnung: Benin ( Königreich )
Geogr. Bezüge // Alle production place	Nigeria, Benin
Beteiligte prior source	Fenton & Sons - Antiquities, Armour (1893), Veräußerer
Beteiligte // (Name, Sortierung=kleinste) prior source	Fenton & Sons - Antiquities, Armour
Veräußerer prior source	null
Erwerb. Notiz provenance	Erwerbung von: Fenton & Sons, London; Notiz: Rückführung Leipzig; Ausgabe: In Auftrag gegeben im Königreich Benin vor 1897; Besitz vor 1897 derzeit unbekannt; wahrscheinlich geplündert im Zusammenhang mit der britischen Eroberung Benins, 1897; bis 1998 im Besitz der Firma Fenton & Sons; 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	Ankauf
Digital Assets images	III C 7626.jpg, Repro Digitalisat; III C 7626 -A.jpg, Repro Digitalisat
Erwerb. Nr.	I/23/1898
Ident. Nr.	III C 7626
Ident. Nr. // (Sortiernr.)	0003 C 07626
Obj. Status	vorhanden

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