Identifikationsnummer: C 2904
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MARKK Museum am Rothenbaum Kulturen und Künste der Welt
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IdentifikationsnummerObject ID
C 2904
TitelDesignation
Eben Zeremonialschwert
MaterialienMaterial
ANORGANISCH/Metall/Gelbguß
Heutiges Staatsgebiet des HerstellungsortesProduction Place
Afrika/Westafrika/Nigeria/Benin-Reich
Provenienz/NamePrior Source, Provenance
Lembcke
Provenienz Objektitinerar Akteure Orte DatenProvenance
John Lembcke
Provenienz/AffiliationProvenance
L. Pagenstecher & Co.
Provenienz/CountryProvenance
Germany
Provenienz/Date of BirthProvenance
19.03.1873
Provenienz/Date of DeathProvenance
unknown
Provenienz/First NameProvenance
John
Provenienz/NoProvenance
25
Provenienz/Place of BirthProvenance
Provenienz/Place of DeathProvenance
unknown
Provenienz/ProfessionProvenance
Merchant
Provenienz/Role-Function/0Provenance
Consignor
Provenienz/Role-Function/1Provenance
Provenienz/SexProvenance
male
Provenienz/Short BiographyProvenance
John Lembcke (1873-?) originally came from Mecklenburg and was a Hamburg merchant. He worked as an agent for the trading company L. Pagenstecher & Co. in southern Nigeria. The company maintained several branches in Cameroon and Nigeria and traded raw rubber, among other things.Lembcke was probably employed at a branch of the firm in Warri, from where he went to nearby Benin City. There, he found objects which he eventually brought to Hamburg. Between 1899 and 1905, he sold 40 objects from the Kingdom of Benin to the museum.
Provenienz/StreetProvenance
Hammmerlandstr. 75 II (Address Mrs. C. Lembcke, widow)
Provenienz/TownProvenance
Hamburg
Hersteller kulturhist. HerkunftsgesellschaftEthnic Attribution
--/Edo
Heutiger Aufbewahrungsort SammlungDepartment and Institution
Museum am Rothenbaum. Kulturen und Künste der Welt (MARKK)
AkquisitionsdatumAccession Date
1901
Eben-Zeremonialschwert
Unbekannte Werkstatt der Eisenschmiedegilde Igun Ematon / Königreich Benin, Nigeria, 19. Jh. (?) / Eisen / Ankauf von John Lembcke, 1901, Inv. Nr. C 2904
Eben Ceremonial Sword
Unidentified workshop of the Blacksmiths Guild Igun Ematon / Benin Kingdom, Nigeria, 19th century (?) / Iron / Acquired from John Lembcke, 1901, Inv. no. C 2904