18th/19th century, probably produced in Benin Court workshop; [...] ; before 1936 possibly gifted to Eckart von Sydow by Oba Akenzua II; 1936-1937: Eckart von Sydow (anthropologist); 1937-1952, Eduard von der Heydt (collector, Ascona); 1952 gifted to Museum Rietberg Zürich