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Carved elephant tusk from a royal memorial altar
Carved elephant's tooth with interlaced band motif of the courtly ivory carvers' guild (Igbesanmwan) and royal marks
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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Elephant tusk (Ivory tusk)
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 178 x 13 x 42 cm (inkl. Krümmung)
Sehnenlänge: 176 cm
Gewicht: 24 kg
Sehnenlänge: 176 cm
Gewicht: 24 kg
Material/Technique
Ivory
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 7646
Provenance and sources
where
Benin [kingdom]
when
18th century-19th century.
where
Nigeria [Land]
who
Hale & Son - Former Possessors
Description
Royal commission to the Guild of Ivory Carvers in the Benin Kingdom in the 18th century or 19th century, probably as part of a royal memorial altar; by inheritance to Oba Ovonramwen (ca. 1857-1914; r. 1888-97), Royal Palace, Benin City; looted in connection with the British conquest of Benin, 1897; auctioned by the firm of Hale & Son, 1897; purchased at auction by the Royal Museum of Ethnology, 1897.
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