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Carved Tusk, c.1820 (ivory)

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Carved Tusk, c.1820 (ivory)

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ivory

Date

1820 AD (C19th AD)

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197.4 cms

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Consisting of a clay platform built against a wall, the altars in the palace of the oba, the divine Benin king, are furnished with different ceremonial objects, including elephant tusks that the new oba commissions from the ivory carvers’ guild within three years of his installation. Carved in parallel horizontal rows, the motifs covering the surface of the tusks recall historical and mythological traditions.

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Gift of Katherine C. White / Bridgeman Images

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