Tusk

29-93-23

From: Benin Kingdom | Nigeria

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 29-93-23
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Benin Kingdom | Nigeria
Date Made 18th or 19th century CE
Section African
Materials Elephant Tusk | Ivory
Technique Incised
Description

Small, unornamented except for numerous transverse incisions and on the convex face 3 so-called "King's marks."

Length 71 cm
Outside Diameter 4 cm
Credit Line Purchased from the Estate of George Byron Gordon, 1927
Other Number 37202 (?) - Other Number | 87 - Other Number

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