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Object Number
24-32-50/B3764
Display Title
Ebony elephants
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Carved wood figurine, ebony, 1 elephant standing atop another, incised features
Classification
- Figurine
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Bene
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Uganda
Additional Geographic Terms
Similiki Forest; Uganda, southwest
Materials
Ebony
Dimensions
Overall: 17.9 x 8.5 x 4.4 cm (7 1/16 x 3 3/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
B-3764
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. John C. Phillips, 1924
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