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possibly 1800s · Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, United States

Custody: Museum · Type: Sculpture · Status: Active

Recorded provenance

unknown: → (cleveland) Commissioned from the Igun Eronmwon; By descent to Ọba Ovọnramwẹn (Ovọnramwẹn Nogbaisi, [c. 1857–1914; r. 1888–97], Royal Palace, Benin City; Brought to Europe following the Siege of Benin; (Fosters & Co., London or France, probably sold to Louis Carré and/or Charles Ratton); (Louis Carré, Paris, so

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