Catalogue
ID
210838
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
Stool
Categories
Ceremonial Objects
Location
1 Adesogbe (Plymouth) Road, P.M.B. 1115, Benin City , Edo State
Stool
Stool

Iconographies

1 annotations
Colar Bead
Odigba
Coral beaded collar

Odigba (coral-beaded collar) is a rigid neck collar made of coral beads, worn as part of ceremonial attire only by senior princes who have been made Enigie (Inneh 2007, p. 107). Although Ibafe (2007, p. 43) argued that the Odigba was introduced during the Ogiso period (c. 900–c. 1170 AD) by Ogiso Ere, along with other symbolically important Emwin Arhe, such as the Ada (ceremonial sword) and the Ẹbẹn (ceremonial sword), this seems unlikely, as coral was only introduced in the late 15th century through trade with Portuguese merchants.

1 annotation
Odigba

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 February 1897 Unknown member of the British colonial military campaign on Benin from Benin Kingdom.
Unknown
February 22, 1897 (day approximate) to 1898
The object is known to have come into contact with William Downing Webster, later in Bicester.
Purchase
1898
The object was purchased by the Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin from William Downing Webster from Bicester 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.

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Date
Date

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
210838
Sachbegriff
designation
Sachbegriff: Reliefplatte
Titel
designation
Objektref.
description
VIII A 10709, Positiv, SW, Schnitzerei, Holz, Kurt Grunst (*04.04.1921); E 534/1898, Erwerbung: I/80/1898: III C 8054-8084, VI 14555-14556, Ethnogr. (Benin; N. Guinea), Webster, 1898, William Downing Webster (1895)
Texte Online
description
Online Beschreibung, Reliefiertes Stuhlbeinmit Darstellung eines Königs oder hohen Würdenträgers mit Schwert und Gong; im unteren Feld zwei Fässer, die bis ins 19. Jahrhundert übliche Form der Verpackung von Handelswaren. [Benin_Königreich]
Material / Technik
material
Material: Holz, Metall; Ausgabe: Holz, Metall
Material / Technik // Alle
material
Holz, Metall, Holz, Metall
Maße
dimensions
39,00 x 14,00 x 1,50 cm; ca. 0,60 kg
Objekttyp
object type
Allgemein
Sachbegr. Ausgabe
object type
Stuhlbein (Leg of a chair)
Anzahl Teile
object count
1
Datierung
date made
19. Jh.
Geogr. Bezüge
production place
Nigeria ( Land ); Benin ( Königreich )
Geogr. Bezüge // Alle
production place
Benin, Nigeria
Beteiligte
prior source
William Downing Webster (1895), Veräußerer
Beteiligte // (Name, Sortierung=kleinste)
prior source
Webster, William Downing
Veräußerer
prior source
null
Erwerb. Notiz
provenance
Erwerbung von: [William Downing] Webster; Notiz: Rückführung Wiesbaden; Ausgabe: 19. Jh., im Auftrag im Königreich Benin gegeben; Besitz vor 1897 derzeit unbekannt; vermutlich geplündert im Zusammenhang mit der britischen Eroberung von Benin, 1897; in unbekanntem Besitz zwischen Feb. 1897 und 1898; erworben vom Museum für Völkerkunde von William D. Webster, 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
Vorlage; Vorlage; III C 8067.JPG, Repro Digitalisat
Erwerb. Nr.
I/80/1898
Ident. Nr.
III C 8067
Ident. Nr. // (Sortiernr.)
0003 C 08067
Obj. Status
vorhanden
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