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String with Coral Beads

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This String with Coral Beads 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.

64710

Collection

Sub-Saharan Africa

Object Name

String with Coral Beads

Accession via

Georg Haas (1841 Schlaggenwald - 1914 Schloss Mostau, Westböhmen) - GND

Collection

William Downing Webster (1868 - 1913) - GND

Accession Date

1899

Material

Coral