Lembcke, John (1873-?)
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John Lembcke originally came from Mecklenburg and was a Hamburg merchant. He worked as an agent for the trading company L. Pagenstecher & Co. in southern Nigeria. Like Bey & Co., the company maintained several branches in Nigeria (and Cameroon) and traded raw rubber, among other things. Lembcke was probably employed at a branch of the firm in Warri, from where he went to nearby Benin... Read more
John Lembcke originally came from Mecklenburg and was a Hamburg merchant. He worked as an agent for the trading company L. Pagenstecher & Co. in southern Nigeria. Like Bey & Co., the company maintained several branches in Nigeria (and Cameroon) and traded raw rubber, among other things.
Lembcke was probably employed at a branch of the firm in Warri, from where he went to nearby Benin City. There, he found objects which he eventually brought to Hamburg. He is only linked to the collection of the MARKK, Hamburg. Between 1899 and 1905, he sold forty objects from the Kingdom of Benin to the museum.
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Hamburg, DEEdo designations
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40 objects
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