Object Number | AF2033 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Edo (Africa) |
Provenience | Nigeria | Benin Kingdom |
Date Made | 18th-19th century CE |
Section | African |
Materials | Ivory | Elephant Tusk |
Technique | Carved |
Description | Carved elephant tusk. Decorated with three bands of guilloche pattern. Damgaed - large area of loss consists of splitting and flaking at center of tusk, parts of rim missing. Has two king's marks. |
Length | 87 cm |
Width | 21.54 cm |
Thickness | 7.8 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from W. O. Oldman, 1912 |
Other Number | 47 - Dealer's Number |
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