Unknown date, comissioned from the Royal Ivory-sculptors Guild (Igbesanmwan) by the Royal Palace of Benin; probably by descent to Oba Ovonramwen (Ovonramwen Nogbaisi, b. about 1857 - d. about 1914; r. 1888 - 1897); 1897, possibly looted from the Royal Palace during the British military occupation of Benin; [...]; until 1914 Lindenmann (Lörrach); 1914, purchased by the Museum der Kulturen Basel