http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/1790/tusk ArtsConnectEd.org Art Collector Set: Tusk http://www.artsconnected.org/images/favicon.png http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/1790/tusk 16 16 http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/1790/tusk http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/1790/tusk Sculpture Unknown 1745 1745 Benin Kingdom, Africa, Nigeria, West Africa region Ivory Sculpture Thu, 10 Jan 2013 02:09:19 -0500 <table cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Title</td> <td><h3 property="dcterms:title cdwalite:title">Tusk</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Artist</td> <td><h3><a property="dcterms:creator cdwalite:displayCreator" href="http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/list/breadcrumb/true/f_workDisplayCreator/Unknown">Unknown</a></h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Date</td> <td><h3 property="dcterms:created dc:date cdwalite:displayCreationDate cdwalite:earliestDate vra:date" content="1745">c. 1750</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label" style="padding-right:7px;">Institution</td> <td><a href="http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/list/breadcrumb/true/f_InstitutionTitle/Minneapolis+Institute+of+Arts">Minneapolis Institute of Arts</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Location</td> <td> On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, <a href="http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/list/breadcrumb/true/query/location%3A%22G240%22">G240</a> </td> </tr> </table><br/>tusk, ivory, Benin Culture, Nigeria, Africa, XVIII c.; a rare ivory tusk from the Kingdom of Benin, finely carved with the figures of warriors, serpents, etc.; the inclusion of the carved figure of the Oba or King, represented with its traditional mudfish, instead of legs, denotes that this was one of the Royal tusks which stood in the great bronze heads on the altar of the Oba's ancestors http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/1790/tusk Unknown