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Object Number
21-28-50/B2817
Display Title
Carved elephant ivory tusk
Descriptions
Object Description
Carved elephant tusk with snakes, quadrupeds, fish and birds carved in bas-relief with black surface detailing.
Inventory Description
Sculpture, carved tusk with zoomorphic figures, birds, fish, snakes, scalloped e
Classification
- Sculpture
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms
West Africa
Materials
Tusk, Wood, Pigment, Elephant ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 56 x 5.6 x 5 cm (22 1/16 x 2 3/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
21-28-50/B/2817
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