Labels - Markings/1inscriptions Z 12074, [67], noted in black ink on an old brown paper label, ?in Thomas' hand, '67/ Head ornament (kotine) used by king's wives & daughters; and by rich people. Worn on top of head/ Bini'.
See also Loan. No. 34 on this database , where Vienna, Berlin, Bonn, Chicago are noted as the borrowers- same exhibition
Initial email enquiry, 19/12/2005 says:
> 'The exhibition is a cooperation project between the Ethnological Museum in Vienna, Austria, the Federal Exhibition Hall in Bonn, the Ethnological Museum in Berlin, both in Germany, and the Art Institute Chicago. The exhibition will be opened in Vienna in May 2007, will then be shown in Bonn from September to December 2007, in Berlin from January 2008 to April 2008 and in Chicago from May to August 2008. This large exhibition on Benin culture and art will for the first time re-unite masterworks from all the important historic collections in Europe, the US and Nigeria. We have already been granted loans from several important museum collections.'
See also initial enquiry- filed as Loan. no. 30 in this database, with Barbara Plankensteiner as the borrower- same exhibition
Touring exhibition entitled \'Benin. Höfische Kunst aus Westafrika\' (Benin. Royal art from West Africa)
Initial email enquiry, 19/12/2005 says:
> 'The exhibition is a co-operation project between the Ethnological Museum in Vienna, Austria, the Federal Exhibition Hall in Bonn, the Ethnological Museum in Berlin, both in Germany, and the Art Institute Chicago. The exhibition will be opened in Vienna in May 2007, will then be shown in Bonn from September to December 2007, in Berlin from January 2008 to April 2008 and in Chicago from May to August 2008. This large exhibition on Benin culture and art will for the first time re-unite masterworks from all the important historic collections in Europe, the US and Nigeria. We have already been granted loans from several important museum collections.'
Exhibited: Benin: Court Arts of West Africa Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna 8/5/2007- 3/9/2007; Musee du quai Branly, Paris [instead of Bonn] 7/10/2007- 6/1/2008; Berlin 7/2/2008- 25/5/2008; Chicago 27/6/2008- 21/9/2008