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Title	Tusk
Artist	Artist Unknown (Benin)
Date	c. 1750
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G250

Medium:

Sculpture | Ivory

Size:

43 x 71 x 17 1/2 in. (109.2 x 180.3 x 44.5 cm)

Creation Place:

Africa, Nigeria, West Africa region

Culture:

Benin, Africa, Nigeria, West Africa region

Style:

18th century

Physical Description:

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

Credit:

Collection Minneapolis Institute of Arts; The Miscellaneous Works of Art Purchase Fund

Accession Number:

56.33

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Added to Site:

February 28, 2009

Tusk

Artist Unknown (Benin)

c. 1750