Uru
Uru
Description

Uru are used for pouring and storing palm wine (okhere) and other liquid substances like water.

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15_1322819
Field Museum
recordNumber
:
1322819
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Uru
Akhẹ Amẹ
Uru
+ 1
English designation
Pot
Jug
Pot
+ 1
Category
Containers
Containers
Provenance
Webster, William Downing
Webster, William Downing
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117_1358
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
ObjectID
:
1358
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Uru
Uru
English designation
Aquamanile
Aquamanile
Category
Altar & Shrine Objects
Ceremonial Objects
Containers
Altar & Shrine Objects
+ 2
Provenance
Bretschneider, Ludwig
Kofler, Ernst
Merx, Gerhard
Museum Fünf Kontinente, Munich
Schmidt, Eduard
Wilhelm II
Bretschneider, Ludwig
+ 5
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47_1775599
Staatliche Ethnographische Sammlungen Sachsen und Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
OBJEKTE_ID
:
1775599
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Ẹkpẹn
Uru
Ẹkpẹn
+ 1
English designation
Leopard Figure
Aquamanile
Leopard Figure
+ 1
Category
Altar & Shrine Objects
Ceremonial Objects
Figures
Containers
Altar & Shrine Objects
+ 3
Provenance
Willhöft, G.
Willhöft, G.
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47_1793509
Staatliche Ethnographische Sammlungen Sachsen und Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
OBJEKTE_ID
:
1793509
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Uru
Uru
English designation
Ewer
Ewer
Category
Ceremonial Objects
Containers
Ceremonial Objects
+ 1
Provenance
Ernst von Siemens Kunststiftung
Meyer community of heirs
Meyer, Elisabeth
Meyer, Hans
Webster, William Downing
Ernst von Siemens Kunststiftung
+ 4
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47_1798201
Staatliche Ethnographische Sammlungen Sachsen und Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
OBJEKTE_ID
:
1798201
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Uru
Uru
English designation
Aquamanile
Aquamanile
Category
Altar & Shrine Objects
Ceremonial Objects
Containers
Altar & Shrine Objects
+ 2
Provenance
Ernst von Siemens Kunststiftung
Meyer community of heirs
Meyer, Elisabeth
Meyer, Hans
Ernst von Siemens Kunststiftung
+ 3
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22_19911753
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Object Number
:
1991.17.53
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Uru
Uru
English designation
Aquamanile
Aquamanile
Category
Altar & Shrine Objects
Ceremonial Objects
Containers
Altar & Shrine Objects
+ 2
Provenance
Perls, Klaus Gunther & Amelia 'Dolly'
Perls, Klaus Gunther & Amelia 'Dolly'
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22_19911758ab
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Object Number
:
1991.17.58a, b
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Uru
Uru
English designation
Aquamanile
Aquamanile
Category
Altar & Shrine Objects
Ceremonial Objects
Containers
Altar & Shrine Objects
+ 2
Provenance
Perls, Klaus Gunther & Amelia 'Dolly'
Ratton, Charles Alfred Marius
Sotheby's
Perls, Klaus Gunther & Amelia 'Dolly'
+ 2
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22_19911759
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Object Number
:
1991.17.59
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Uru
Uru
English designation
Aquamanile
Aquamanile
Category
Altar & Shrine Objects
Ceremonial Objects
Containers
Altar & Shrine Objects
+ 2
Provenance
Perls, Klaus Gunther & Amelia 'Dolly'
Sotheby's
Perls, Klaus Gunther & Amelia 'Dolly'
+ 1
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22_19911773
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Object Number
:
1991.17.73
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Akhẹ
Uru
Akhẹ Amẹ
Akhẹ
+ 2
English designation
Pot
Jug
Pot
+ 1
Category
Containers
Containers
Provenance
British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897
Perls, Klaus Gunther & Amelia 'Dolly'
Pitt-Rivers (Lane Fox), Augustus Henry
British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897
+ 2
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13_212790
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
ID
:
212790
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Uru
Uru
English designation
Ewer
Ewer
Category
Ceremonial Objects
Containers
Ceremonial Objects
+ 1
Provenance
Bey & Co.
Bey, Heinrich
British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897
Bey & Co.
+ 2
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13_464416
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
ID
:
464416
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Uru
Uru
English designation
Aquamanile
Aquamanile
Category
Altar & Shrine Objects
Ceremonial Objects
Containers
Altar & Shrine Objects
+ 2
Provenance
British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897
Meyer, Hans
Stevens Auction Rooms
British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897
+ 2
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26_5271b
Museum Fünf Kontinente, Staatliche Museen in Bayern
Inventarnr
:
52-7-1 b
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Ẹkpẹn
Uru
Ẹkpẹn
+ 1
English designation
Leopard Figure
Aquamanile
Leopard Figure
+ 1
Category
Altar & Shrine Objects
Ceremonial Objects
Figures
Containers
Altar & Shrine Objects
+ 3
Provenance
Bretschneider, Ludwig
Merx, Gerhard
Schmidt, Eduard
Bretschneider, Ludwig
+ 2
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32_851914
Smithsonian National Museum of African Art
Object Number
:
85-19-14
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Uru
Uru
English designation
Ewer
Ewer
Category
Ceremonial Objects
Containers
Ceremonial Objects
+ 1
Provenance
Hirshhorn, Joseph Herman
Hirshhorn, Joseph Herman
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187_AE1898193
National Museum of Ireland
Object number
:
AE:1898.193
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Uru
Uru
English designation
Ewer
Ewer
Category
Ceremonial Objects
Containers
Ceremonial Objects
+ 1
Provenance
Webster, William Downing
Webster, William Downing
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5_Af189905191
British Museum
Registration Number
:
Af1899,0519.1
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Uru
Uru
English designation
Ewer
Ewer
Category
Ceremonial Objects
Containers
Ceremonial Objects
+ 1
Provenance
Rollin & Feuardent
Rollin & Feuardent
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5_Af191106201
British Museum
Registration Number
:
Af1911,0620.1
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Uru
Uru
English designation
Aquamanile
Aquamanile
Category
Altar & Shrine Objects
Ceremonial Objects
Containers
Altar & Shrine Objects
+ 2
Provenance
British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897
Oldman, William Ockelford
British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897
+ 1
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5_Af192011069
British Museum
Registration Number
:
Af1920,1106.9
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Uru
Uru
English designation
Aquamanile
Aquamanile
Category
Altar & Shrine Objects
Ceremonial Objects
Altar & Shrine Objects
+ 1
Provenance
Unwin, Arthur Harold
Unwin, Arthur Harold
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5_Af1949381
British Museum
Registration Number
:
Af1949,38.1
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Uru
Uru
English designation
Aquamanile
Aquamanile
Category
Altar & Shrine Objects
Ceremonial Objects
Containers
Altar & Shrine Objects
+ 2
Provenance
British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897
Cowan, Walter Henry
Goolden, A. C.
British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897
+ 2
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5_Af195423294
British Museum
Registration Number
:
Af1954,23.294
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Uru
Uru
English designation
Aquamanile
Aquamanile
Category
Altar & Shrine Objects
Ceremonial Objects
Containers
Altar & Shrine Objects
+ 2
Provenance
British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897
Foster's
Walker, Herbert Sutherland
Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London
British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897
+ 3
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24_C2398
MARKK Museum am Rothenbaum Kulturen und Künste der Welt
Identifikationsnummer
:
C 2398
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Ẹkpẹn
Uru
Ẹkpẹn
+ 1
English designation
Leopard Figure
Aquamanile
Leopard Figure
+ 1
Category
Altar & Shrine Objects
Ceremonial Objects
Figures
Containers
Altar & Shrine Objects
+ 3
Provenance
L. Pagenstecher & Co.
Lembcke, C.
Lembcke, John
L. Pagenstecher & Co.
+ 2
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