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Object Number
83-14-50/30208
Display Title
Elephant tusk, carved
Descriptions
Object Description
Elephant tusk, carved. See Conservation Record for additional details on material identification
Inventory Description
Carving, ivory, hollow, raised incised leaf design, broken
Classification
- Carving
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Angola
Additional Geographic Terms
Loanda, Southwest Coast
Materials
Elephant ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 26.8 x 4.5 x 3.8 cm (10 9/16 x 1 3/4 x 1 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
83-14-50/30208
Provenance
Collector
Mr. John B. Sparhawk
(1857)
Donor
Mrs. John B. Sparhawk
(1883)
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