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Maschmann, Wilhelm Albert
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Wilhelm Albert Maschmann was a captain living in Hamburg who had excellent connections in West Africa that allowed him to acquire a collection of ninety-one pieces in 1899 from an English agent who was present in the area around Benin City. He sold a number of objects to the Museum für Völkerkunde in Vienna (Völger, 2007, p.220[301]).

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Captain
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Lagos, NG
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