Catalogue
ID
200334
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
Leopard Figure
Categories
Figures
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 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 1910
The object is known to have come into contact with Röhwer.
Purchase
1910
The object was purchased by the Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin from Röhwer 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
200334
Sachbegriff
designation
Sachbegriff: Tierplastik
Titel
designation
Titel: Leopard
Objektref.
description
E 2051/1910, Erwerbung: III/68/1910: III C 26394-2396, Ethnogr., Bronzefiguren (Westafrika, Benin), Ankauf Röhwer, 1910, Röhwer (1910); III C 26396, Bronze-Leopard
Texte Online
description
Online Beschreibung, "Bronzefigur, kleinen Leoparden darstellend." Vorder- und Hinterläufe der stehenden Figur sind leicht nach vorn gestreckt, der Schwanz des Tieres ist parallel zum Rücken in Richtung des Kopfes gestellt. Gesicht und Körper sind mit Kreisen gemustert, die die Fleckzeichnung des Felles darstellen sollen. [Benin_Königreich]
Material / Technik
material
Material: Bronze; Material: Messing; Ausgabe: Bronze
Material / Technik // Alle
material
Bronze, Bronze, Messing
Maße
dimensions
 L: 16 cm, H: 11,8 cm
Objekttyp
object type
Allgemein
Sachbegr. Ausgabe
object type
Tierplastik
Anzahl Teile
object count
1
Datierung
date made
19. Jh. - 20. Jh.
Geogr. Bezüge
production place
Nigeria ( Land/Region ); Benin ( Königreich )
Geogr. Bezüge // Alle
production place
Nigeria, Benin
Beteiligte
prior source
Röhwer (1910), Sammler
Beteiligte // (Name, Sortierung=kleinste)
prior source
Röhwer
Veräußerer
prior source
null
Erwerb. Notiz
provenance
Notiz: Rückführung Leipzig; Ausgabe: 19. Jh. - 20- Jh., Auftragsarbeit im Königreich Benin, möglicherweise in dem Iterregnung nach 1897; falls vor 1897 geschaffen, vermutlich geplündert im Zusammenhang mit der britischen Eroberung von Benin, 1897; in unbekanntem Besitz vor 1910; erworben von Herr(?) Röhwer, 1910.
Verw. Institution
department and institution
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Erwerb. Datum
accession date
1910
Besitzart
accession method
Erwerbungsart
accession method
Ankauf
Digital Assets
images
III C 26396.JPG, Repro Digitalisat
Erwerb. Nr.
III/68/1910
Ident. Nr.
III C 26396
Ident. Nr. // (Sortiernr.)
0003 C 26396
Obj. Status
vorhanden
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