Catalogue
Inventory no. [ObjInventarNrS]
8135
Institution
Weltkulturen Museum Frankfurt am Main
Edo designations
English designations
Relief Plaque
Fragment
Categories
Palace Architecture & Ornamentation
Location
Schaumainkai 29-37, 60594 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Relief Plaque
Relief Plaque

Provenance

4 events
Production
1504 (approximate) to 1550 (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 1907
The object is known to have come into contact with Ernst Lippert.
Purchase
1907
The object was purchased by the Weltkulturen Museum Frankfurt am Main from Ernst Lippert with its destination in Frankfurt.

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Weltkulturen Museum Frankfurt am Main
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Last updated: 2021-04-20
Language: english
Institution fieldValue
Inventory no. [ObjInventarNrS]
object id
8135
Object designation [ObjTitelOriginalS]
designation
object type
Plaque. house ornament
Description [ObjReserve02M]
description
08135. Fragment of a plate. Depiction of a Portuguese with pot helmet. AUSST Kunst? Handwerk in Afrika im Wandel. MV FFM 1975 PUBL Luschan 1919: 44 Kat. Kunst? 1975: Abb. 12
Mat./Technique [ObjTechMatM]
material
Yellow cast iron; brass with high zinc content, very low tin content, slightly elevated lead content and elevated trace element concentrations.
Dimensions [ObjMasse1S]
dimensions
L 21
Dating [ObjDatierungS]
date made
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
Lippert Ernst
Name sorting [KueSortierungS_1]
prior source
First Name 2 [KueVorNameS_1]
provenance
First name [KueVorNameS_0]
provenance
Ernst
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
Lippert
Date of acquisition[ObjFeld04M]
accession date
1907
Acquisition type [ObjFeld02M]
accession method
Comemnts[ObjCreditlineM]
notes
Exhibition
exhibition history
Literature
bibliography
Type [ObjSystematikS]
Part (Building)
Type of ownership [ObjFeld01M]
Type of person 2 [KueTypS_1]
Type of person [KueTypS_0]
Person
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