Location:
Mezzanin: Benin and Ethiopia: Art, Power, Resilience
Mezzanin: Benin and Ethiopia: Art, Power, Resilience
Location:
Mezzanin: Benin and Ethiopia: Art, Power, Resilience
Mezzanin: Benin and Ethiopia: Art, Power, Resilience
Relief Plaque: Hornblower
Standort
This Relief Plaque: Hornblower is part of the historical collections from the Benin Kingdom, in present-day Nigeria. In 1897, the kingdom was conquered and Oba (king) Ovonramwen banned into exile. The loot from the royal palace was then sold through the art market to finance the conquest in retrospect. Many of these objects today constitute European collections.
Object data
Inv. No.
139554
Collection
Object Name
Relief Plaque: Hornblower
Collection
Friedrich Wolff-Knize (1890 - 1949)
acquired by
Dated
16th/17th century
Accession Date
1959
Culture
Material
Brass
Kulturpatenschaft
Kulturpatenschaft
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