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Museum am Rothenbaum: Digital Benin.
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Bibliographical reference
Museum am Rothenbaum: Digital Benin.
Language of publication
Englisch
Description
Digital Benin brings together all objects, historical photographs and rich documentation material from collections worldwide to provide a long-requested overview of the artefacts from the Kingdom of Benin looted in the late nineteenth century. The historic objects were originally used as royal representational arts to depict historical events, to communicate, to worship and perform rituals. The digital platform enables new knowledge production by connecting digital documentation of the translocated objects with oral histories, object research, historical context, a foundational Edo language catalogue, provenance names, a map of the Benin Kingdom and museum collections worldwide. Digital Benin unites data on 5241 objects from 131 institutions in 20 countries. (Source: Museum am Rothenbaum, https://markk-hamburg.de/veranstaltungen/launch_digital_benin/)