Metropolitan Museum of Art
Object Number: 1979.206.265
Institution media
1 image
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Aken'ni Elao
English designation
Altar Tusk
Category
Altar & Shrine Objects
Provenance
Carlebach, Julius
Julius Carlebach Gallery
Museum of Primitive Arts, New York
Rockefeller, Nelson Aldrich
LocationNew York City, United States
Institution data
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Object NumberObject ID
1979.206.265
Object Sort NumberObject ID
1979 206 265
Primary Rendition NoObject ID
vs1979_206_265-d
TitleDesignation, Object Type
Altar Tusk
MediumMaterial
Ivory
DimensionsDimensions
H. 74 × W. 6 × D. 56 in. (188 × 15.2 × 142.2 cm)
ClassificationObject Type
Bone/Ivory-Sculpture
DateDate Made
18th century
Geo: CityProduction Place
Court of Benin
Geo: CountryProduction Place
Nigeria
Credit LinePrior Source
The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
ProvenanceProvenance
[Julius Carlebach Gallery, New York, until 1951]; Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York,1951, on loan to The Museum of Primitive Art, New York, 1963–1978
DynastyReign Associated Name
Oranmiyan
CultureEthnic Attribution
Edo peoples
ExhibitionHistoryExhibition History
Art of Oceania, Africa and the Americas from The Museum ofPrimitive Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 10, 1969–August 17,1969
BibliographyBibliography
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Art of Oceania, Africa, and the Americas from the Museum of Primitive Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1969, no. 380. Ross, Doran H. Elephant: The Animal and Its Ivory in African Culture. Los Angeles: Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 1992, p. 180, no. 8–20.
Published ReferencesBibliography