Digital Benin

02297.Standing, holding ceremonial sword. Coral net hood and neck ornament. Diagonally crossed chest cords. Wrapping cloth. Poorly filed casting. Casting defects at base and back of head. LIT Dark 1982: ill. 20/22

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 30.9

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

ExhibitionExhibition History

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Type [ObjSystematikS]

Sculpture (Art)

Type of ownership [ObjFeld01M]

Type of person 2 [KueTypS_1]

Type of person [KueTypS_0]

Person