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Commemorative Head of a Queen Mother

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This Commemorative Head of a Queen Mother 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.

64698

Collection

Sub-Saharan Africa

Object Name

Commemorative Head of a Queen Mother

Accession via

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

Collection

William Downing Webster (1868 - 1913) - GND

Accession Date

1899

Material

Brass

Cultural Patronage

Cultural Patronage

Das Weltmuseum Wien dankt Herrn Matthias Vavra sehr herzlich für die übernommene Patenschaft!