Identifikationsnummer
C 4043
Categories
Altar & Shrine Objects
Location
1 Adesogbe (Plymouth) Road, P.M.B. 1115, Benin City , Edo State
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Provenance

6 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
1904 (approximate)
The object is known to have come into contact with Bernhard Adolf Heemke, in Benin City.
Transfer
1904 (approximate)
The object was transferred from Bernhard Adolf Heemke through Bey & Co. from Benin City to Hamburg.
Purchase
1904
The object was purchased by the MARKK Museum am Rothenbaum Kulturen und Künste der Welt from Bernhard Adolf Heemke in Hamburg.
Restitution
December 16, 2022
The object was restituted by the MARKK Museum am Rothenbaum Kulturen und Künste der Welt to the Omo n'Oba n'Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Ọba of Benin & National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Nigeria through Carsten Brosda, S.E. Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, Abba Isa Tijani and Barbara Plankensteiner from Hamburg to Nigeria.

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Institution data

MARKK Museum am Rothenbaum Kulturen und Künste der Welt
The data was transferred directly by the institution.
Last updated: 2022-06-10
Languages: german, english
Institution fieldValue
Identifikationsnummer
object id
C 4043
Titel
designation
Schildkrötenpanzer aus Bronze
Materialien
material
ANORGANISCH/Metall/Gelbguß
Heutiges Staatsgebiet des Herstellungsortes
production place
Afrika/Westafrika/Nigeria/Benin-Reich
Provenienz/Name
prior source
provenance
Heemke
Provenienz Objektitinerar Akteure Orte Daten
provenance
Adolf Heemke
Provenienz/Affiliation
provenance
H. Bey & Co., Bey & Zimmer
Provenienz/Country
provenance
Germany
Provenienz/Date of Birth
provenance
8.10.1874
Provenienz/Date of Death
provenance
unknown
Provenienz/First Name
provenance
Adolf
Provenienz/No
provenance
15
Provenienz/Place of Birth
provenance
Geestemüde/Bremerhaven
Provenienz/Place of Death
provenance
unknown
Provenienz/Profession
provenance
Merchant
Provenienz/Role-Function/0
provenance
Consignor
Provenienz/Role-Function/1
provenance
Provenienz/Sex
provenance
male
Provenienz/Short Biography
provenance
Adolf Heemke (1874-?)was an overseas merchant and active as an agent for the trading company Bey & Zimmer in Nigeria. Today, works of art Heemke brought from Benin to Europe are still in collections in Stuttgart and Freiburg. In 1904, he sold ten Benin objects to the MARKK.
Provenienz/Street
provenance
Große Bäckerstraße 24
Provenienz/Town
provenance
Hamburg
Hersteller kulturhist. Herkunftsgesellschaft
ethnic attribution
--/Edo
Heutiger Aufbewahrungsort Sammlung
department and institution
Museum am Rothenbaum. Kulturen und Künste der Welt (MARKK)
Akquisitionsdatum
accession date
1904
Alte Inventarnummer
Inventurdatum
23.07.2009
Label Text (deu)
Replik eines Schildkrötenpanzers Unbekannte Werkstatt der Bronzegießergilde Igun Eronmwon / Königreich Benin, Nigeria, 17./18. Jh. / Gelbguss / Ankauf von Adolf Heemke, 1902, Inv. Nr. C 4043 Die Nachbildung diente zur dauerhaften Erinnerung an die Opferung einer Schildkröte. Heute werden Schildkröten zum Schutz vor falschen Freundschaften und hintertückischen Lügen oder Intrigen geopfert.
Label Text (eng)
Turtle Shell Replica Unidentified workshop of the Bronze Casters Guild Igun Eronmwon / Benin Kingdom, Nigeria, 17th/18th century / Brass / Acquired from Adolf Heemke, 1902, Inv. no. C 4043 The replica served as a permanent reminder of the sacrifice of a turtle. Today, turtles are sacrificed for protection from false friends and insidious lies or intrigues.
Maße
Höhe: 8,00 cm; Länge: 16,00 cm
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