Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Reg No.: 5282
Institution media
2 images
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Uhunmwu-Elao
English designation
Commemorative Head
Category
Altar & Shrine Objects
Heads
Provenance
Rautenstrauch, Theodor 'Theo'
Stevens Auction Rooms
Webster, William Downing
LocationKöln, Germany
Institution data
Internal Data (eng)
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
The data was transferred directly by the institution.
Last Updated: 2022-07-27
Language: English
Additional IdsObject ID
190219
Additional Ids / bundleObject ID
RJM 1902/19
Other numbersObject ID
11445 (old inventory number)
Reg No.Object ID
5282
Reg. No / Inventory numberObject ID
RJM 5282
Object nameDesignation, Object Type
commemorative head
Object name / TitleDesignation
Commemorative Head (uhunmwun elao)
materialsMaterial
wood, pigment, binding material
Dimension/sDimensions
H.43cm W.22.30cm X. 19.10cm
previous owner/collectorPrior Source
Theodor Rautenstrauch, son of Adele and Eugen Rautenstrauch, Member of Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft - Dep. Köln Collection Wilhelm Joest 1883
provenanceProvenance
30.06.1902 to 21.11.1902, Theodor Rautenstrauch (1873-1907) (auction); from 21.11.1902, Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum (donation); 1902 - 30.06.1902, J.C. Stevens, London (location), Stevens' Auction Rooms; auction in 1901, W. D. Webster, London, Bicester (commission)
InstitutionDepartment and Institution
Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum - Cultures of the World, Cologne
Institution acquisition dateAccession Date
11/21/02
Acquisition detailsAccession Method
donation
commentsNotes
Theodor Rautenstrauch got the objects at an auction of Mr. J.C. Stevens on 03.06.1902 in London. The auction named "Benin brass" and embraced a collection of the British Punitive Expedition from 1897.
CopyrightLicense
©Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt, Cologne
notes concerning "other numbers"
Probably inventory number W.D. Webster