18th - 19th century commissioned from the Royal Bronze-casting Guild (Igun Eronmwon) by the Royal Palace of Benin; by descent to Oba Ovonramwen (Ovonramwen Nogbaisi, b. about 1857 - d. about 1914; r. 1888 - 1897); 1897, probably looted from the Royal Palace during the British military occupation of Benin; [...]; until 1958 Baron Maurice de Rotschild; May 1958 aquired by the Musée d'Ethnogrpahie de Genève at Auction at Port Gitana, Bellevue, near Geneva