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Object Number
16-43-50/B1510
Display Title
Ivory arm
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Carving, ivory, portion of arm and closed hand, broken thumb, red and white stai
Classification
- Carving
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Benin
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Nigeria
Additional Geographic Terms
West Africa
Materials
Ivory, Stain, Elephant ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 28.5 x 5.7 x 5 cm (11 1/4 x 2 1/4 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
B1510
Provenance
Collector
British Punitive Force
(1897)
Dealer
William O. Oldman
Donor
Mr. Oric Bates
(1916)
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