Object Number | 29-93-10 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Edo (Africa) |
Provenience | Nigeria | Benin Kingdom |
Date Made | 19th century CE |
Section | African |
Materials | Ivory | Elephant Tusk |
Technique | Carved |
Description | Carved Elephant Tusk damaged by fire. Figure of fish-leg king ( two crocodiles issuing from the crown of his head ) intact. Bottom tier of carving badly damaged on one side. |
Height | 147.5 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from the Estate of George Byron Gordon, 1927 |
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