Catalogue
ID
212289
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
Bird of Prophecy Staff
Categories
Musical Instruments
Ceremonial Objects
Staffs
Location
1 Adesogbe (Plymouth) Road, P.M.B. 1115, Benin City , Edo State
Bird of Prophecy Staff
Bird of Prophecy Staff

Provenance

6 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 1899
The object is known to have come into contact with William Downing Webster, later in Bicester.
Purchase
1899 (approximate)
The object was purchased by Hans Meyer from William Downing Webster from Bicester to Leipzig.
Exchange
1899 to 1900
The object was exchanged between Hans Meyer and the Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin from Leipzig 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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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
212289
Sachbegriff
designation
Sachbegriff: Skulptur; Sachbegriff: Tierskulptur
Titel
designation
Titel: Vogel
Objektref.
description
E 532/1900, Abgabevorgang und Erwerbung: I/80/1900: III C 10863-10870, Bronzen (Benin), Tausch Prof. H. Meyer - (Webster, Sammler, Vorbesitzer), 1900, Hans Meyer (22.3.1858 - 5.7.1929); VIII A 10695, Positiv, SW, Plastik (Ibis), Elfenbein, Kurt Grunst (*04.04.1921)
Texte Online
description
Online Beschreibung, [Benin_Königreich]
Material / Technik
material
Material: Elfenbein; Ausgabe: Elfenbein
Material / Technik // Alle
material
Elfenbein, Elfenbein
Maße
dimensions
16,00 x 5,00 x 7,50 cm; 0,15 kg
Objekttyp
object type
Allgemein
Sachbegr. Ausgabe
object type
Skulptur
Anzahl Teile
object count
1
Datierung
date made
18. Jh.
Geogr. Bezüge
production place
Nigeria ( Land ); Benin ( Königreich )
Geogr. Bezüge // Alle
production place
Benin, Nigeria
Beteiligte
prior source
Hans Meyer (22.3.1858 - 5.7.1929), Veräußerer; William Downing Webster (1895), Sammler
Beteiligte // (Name, Sortierung=kleinste)
prior source
Webster, William Downing
Veräußerer
prior source
null
Erwerb. Notiz
provenance
Erwerbung von: Meyer, Hans (Prof., Dr.); Notiz: Rückführung Wiesbaden; Ausgabe: 18. Jh., Auftragsarbeit im Königreich Benin; Besitz vor 1897 derzeit unbekannt; vermutlich geplündert im Zusammenhang mit der britischen Eroberung von Benin, 1897; in unbekanntem Besitz nach der Eroberung des Königreichs Benin; gekauft von Hans Meyer von William D. Webster, 1899; getauscht mit Hans Meyer, 1899.
Verw. Institution
department and institution
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Erwerb. Datum
accession date
1900
Besitzart
accession method
Erwerbungsart
accession method
Tausch
Digital Assets
images
Vervielfältigung; Vervielfältigung; Vervielfältigung; Vervielfältigung; III C 10870.JPG, Repro Digitalisat
Erwerb. Nr.
I/80/1900
Ident. Nr.
III C 10870
Ident. Nr. // (Sortiernr.)
0003 C 10870
Obj. Status
vorhanden
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