In 1903, the German Colonial and Hunting Exhibition was held in Karlsruhe. Karl Count of Linden visited this exhibition and was interested in several objects. This also concerned this tusk. These objects were exhibited by Max and Carl Westendarp or by their ivory products company ""Heinrich Adolph Meyer"", with whom the museum then established contact. Wilhelm Deurer, Royal Württemberg Consul in Hamburg, convinced Max Westendarp to donate the objects to the Linden Museum. He had reservations about giving the objects to Stuttgart instead of his home town of Hamburg. The inventory book contains another note stating that the object was ""won"" during the capture of Benin and that it shows fire damage. In addition, 1886 is incorrectly given as the year of the conquest instead of 1897. This and other carved elephant tusks were used in 1956 as decoration in the room of the first chairman of the sponsoring association of the Linden Museum. Text: Markus Himmelsbach.