altar tusk
- Museum number
- Af1949,46.171
- Title
- Series: Benin Ivory
- Description
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Altar tusk, made of elephant ivory; carved wth three 'king's marks' on outer curve of tusk.
- Production date
- 1750-1850 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 114.50 centimetres (inner curve: base to tip (approx))
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Height: 126.30 centimetres (outer curve: base to tip (approx))
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Width: 9 centimetres (base (approx))
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Depth: 8.50 centimetres (base (approx))
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1970-1973, London, Museum of Mankind, Divine Kingship in Africa
- Acquisition date
- 1949
- Acquisition notes
- The series Af1949,46.1 to 845 is the African part of the collection formed by the London dealer William Ockelford Oldman in the years ca.1894-1926, purchased from his widow in 1949. See his biography.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1949,46.171
- Additional IDs
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Other BM number: Af1979,01.4551 (previously registered as, in error)
