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Museum Rietberg Zürich
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RAF 624
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Edo designation
Uhunmwu-Elao
English designation
Commemorative Head
Category
Altar & Shrine Objects
Heads
Provenance
Storrer, Emil
Location
Gablerstrasse 15, 8002 Zürich, Switzerland
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Internal Data (eng)
Internal Data (eng)
Museum Rietberg Zürich
The data was transferred directly through the Swiss Benin Initiative.
Last Updated: 2022-07-04
Language:
english
Reg No.
object id
RAF 624
Object name and materials
designation
Commemorative head (18th/19th century), terracotta
Material
material
terracotta
Dimension/s
dimensions
H. 25.9 cm W. 14.7 cm D. 19.8 cm
Provisional dating
date made
18th/19th century
Creditline
prior source
Purchased from: Emil Storrer, Zürich
Provenances
provenance
18th/19th century, probably produced in Benin Court workshop; [...]; before 1961: Emil Storrer, Zürich; 1961 purchased by the Museum Rietberg, Zürich
Institution
department and institution
MRZ Museum Rietberg Zürich
Institution acquisition date
accession date
March 1961
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