Catalogue
Inventory no. [ObjInventarNrS]
02298
Institution
Weltkulturen Museum Frankfurt am Main
Edo designations
English designations
Bell
Categories
Altar & Shrine Objects
Musical Instruments
Location
Schaumainkai 29-37, 60594 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Bell
Bell

Provenance

4 events
Production
1500 (year approximate) 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
1899 to 1904 (approximate)
The object is known to have come into contact with J. F. G. Umlauff and Heinrich Umlauff, later in Hamburg.
Purchase
1904 (approximate)
The object was purchased by the Weltkulturen Museum Frankfurt am Main from Heinrich Umlauff and J. F. G. Umlauff from Hamburg to Frankfurt.

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Institution data

Weltkulturen Museum Frankfurt am Main
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Last updated: 2021-04-20
Language: english
Institution fieldValue
Inventory no. [ObjInventarNrS]
object id
02298
Object designation [ObjTitelOriginalS]
designation
object type
Bell
Description [ObjReserve02M]
description
02298. With clapper, iron (hooked with iron clasp). Ornament on one side applied anthropomorphic face, otherwise diamond lattice.. LIT Ben Amos 1980: The Art of Benin. London Hess in Ben-Amos/Rubin: Power of Art. p. 130ff
Mat./Technique [ObjTechMatM]
material
Yellow cast iron, iron; Very pure brass with extremely high zinc content, no tin, low lead content, extremely low trace element concentrations and significantly increased cadmium
Dimensions [ObjMasse1S]
dimensions
H 13.5
Dating [ObjDatierungS]
date made
late 19th century
Year from [ObjJahrVonL]
date made
Year until [ObjJahrBisL]
date made
Geographical reference [ObjGeografieS]
production place
Kingdom of Benin (Africa->West Africa->Nigeria)
Name sorting [KueSortierungS_0]
prior source
Umlauff Johann Friederich Gustav
Name sorting [KueSortierungS_1]
prior source
First Name 2 [KueVorNameS_1]
provenance
First name [KueVorNameS_0]
provenance
Johann Friederich Gustav
Function collector 2 [OkuFunktionS_1]
provenance
Function collector [OkuFunktionS_0]
provenance
Collector
Inventory note [ObjFeld07M]
provenance
Last Name 2 [KueNameS_1]
provenance
Last name [KueNameS_0]
provenance
Umlauff
Date of acquisition[ObjFeld04M]
accession date
c. 1904
Acquisition type [ObjFeld02M]
accession method
Comemnts[ObjCreditlineM]
notes
Exhibition
exhibition history
Literature
bibliography
Type [ObjSystematikS]
Idiophone
Type of ownership [ObjFeld01M]
Type of person 2 [KueTypS_1]
Type of person [KueTypS_0]
Person
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