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Elephant tusk with relief carving
Data Provider
GRASSI Museum für Völkerkunde zu Leipzig
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Cataloguing data

Object type
Plastik
Dimensions
Gekrümmte Länge Außen: 186 cm; Durchmesser: ca. 15 cm
Material/Technique
Ivory
carved, in relief
Object genre
Plastic
Current location
GRASSI Museum für Völkerkunde zu Leipzig, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Inventory number
MAf 34586

Provenance and sources

when
Kingdom of Benin, before 1897, probably mid-19th cent.
who
unbekannt - Makers

where
Benin [kingdom]
Provenance
Meyer, Hans (1858-1929); collector | Webster, William Downing (1868-1913); dealer

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