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University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum)
Object Number: (Object Numbers):
29-93-23
Institution media
6 Images
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Aken'ni Elao
English designation
Altar Tusk
Category
Altar & Shrine Objects
Provenance
Gordon, George Byron
Location
3260 South St, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States
Institution data
Internal Data (eng)
Internal Data (eng)
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum)
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Last Updated: 2022-05-19
Language:
english
Object Number: (Object Numbers)
object id
29-93-23
Native Name: (Cultural Affiliations)
edo designation
Description: (Collection Details)
description
Small, unornamented except for numerous transverse incisions and on the convex face 3 so-called "King's marks." For the latter see von Luschan, Altertumer von Benin, pp. 470-471, and Ling Roth, Great benin.. Cf. AF 5099, 5100, 29-94-25.
Materials: (Production Details)
material
Elephant Tusk
Height: (Measurements)
dimensions
Length: (Measurements)
dimensions
71
Outside Diameter: (Measurements)
dimensions
Thickness: (Measurements)
dimensions
Unit: (Measurements)
dimensions
Centimeters/Inches
Width: (Measurements)
dimensions
Object Name: (Collection Details)
object type
Tusk
Iconography: (Subject)
iconography
Date Made/Origin: (Date of Object)
date made
Earliest: (Date of Object)
date made
Latest: (Date of Object)
date made
Period: (Date of Object)
date made
Technique: (Production Details)
production technique
Incised
Manufacture Location/Mint: (Provenience Details)/Manufacture Location/Mint: (Production Details)
production place
Place Name: (Place)
production place
Benin Kingdom|Nigeria
Place Type: (Place)
production place
Credit Line
prior source
Purchased from the Estate of George Byron Gordon, 1927
Events/Events: (Collection Details)/Events: (Repatriation)/Events: (Analysis Details)
event
Culture: (Date of Object)
ethnic attribution
Department: (Object Details)/Department: (Collection Identification)
department and institution
African
Location: (Current Location)
display status
Collections Storage
Reference: (Bibliography)
bibliography
Website URL
weblink
https://www.penn.museum/collections/object.php?irn=409362
Accession Lot: (Collection Details)
[29-93]
Culture Area: (Provenience Details)
Other Number Type
Other Number|Other Number
Other Number: (Object Numbers)
37202 (?)|87