British Museum
Registration Number: Af1979,01.4554
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Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Aken'ni Elao
English designation
Altar Tusk
Category
Altar & Shrine Objects
LocationGreat Russell St, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 3DG, United Kingdom
Institution data
Internal Data (eng)
British Museum
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Last Updated: 2022-08-04
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Registration Numberobject id
Af1979,01.4554
Object Name - Commentdesignation
Object Name - Object Namedesignation
altar tusk
Titledesignation
Benin Ivory
Title translationdesignation
Title typedesignation
Series
Object History Note / Acquisition Notedescription, provenance, notes
Acquisition details unknown.
Physical descriptiondescription
Altar tusk; made of elephant ivory carved with human and animal figures in relief. Central section burnt on one side; figure at tip of tusk partially burnt. Further burnt and damaged sections at base and about quarter way up from base.
Materialmaterial
elephant ivory
Material - Commentmaterial
Dimensiondimensions
H~W
Dimension commentdimensions
base to tip~
Dimension measurement unitdimensions
cm~cm
Dimension notedimensions
base to tip
Dimension valuedimensions
104.00~11.00
Dimension value enddimensions
Inscription - Noteinscriptions
Inscription - Quotedinscriptions
Inscription languageinscriptions
Inscription positioninscriptions
Inscription translationinscriptions
Inscription typeinscriptions
Production datedate made
16thC - 19thC
Production date - Commentdate made
Producer/Artist - Associationproducer
Producer/Artist - Nameproducer
Techniqueproduction technique
carved
Technique - Commentproduction technique
Production placeproduction place
Benin City
Production place - Associationproduction place
Production place - Commentproduction place
Production place - Site detailsproduction place
Previous owner - Associationprior source
Previous owner - Commentprior source
Previous owner - Nameprior source
Acquisition Funding Source Nameprovenance
Acquisition Funding Source Name Associationprovenance
Acquisition Funding Source Name Commentprovenance
Acquisition Nameprovenance
Acquisition Name Associationprovenance
Acquisition Name Commentprovenance
Excavation/Field Collection Noteprovenance
Excavator/Field collector - Associationprovenance
Excavator/Field collector - Nameprovenance
Associated event - Associationevent
Associated event - Eventevent
Associated placeplace collected
Associated place - Associationplace collected
Findspot - Associationplace collected
Findspot - Commentplace collected
Findspot - Placeplace collected
Benin City
Findspot - Site detailsplace collected
Associated name - Associationreign associated name
Associated name - Commentreign associated name
Associated name - Namereign associated name
Associated ethnic name - Associationethnic attribution
Associated ethnic name - Ethnic Nameethnic attribution
Production ethnic name - Associationethnic attribution
Production ethnic name - Commentethnic attribution
Production ethnic name - Ethnic Nameethnic attribution
Edo
Responsible departmentdepartment and institution
Commentnotes
Exhibitions Loans and Displays - Current and Pastexhibition history
Exhibited: 1970-1973, London, Museum of Mankind, Divine Kingship in Africa
Bibliographic reference - Citationbibliography
Bibliographic reference - Commentbibliography
Bibliographic reference - Referencebibliography
Conditioncondition
Fair; central section burnt on one side; figure at tip of tusk partially burnt. Further burnt and damaged sections at base and about quarter way up from base.
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Collection
DAMS Asset - Number
Other number
Af1973,Q.138
Other number - Comment
previously registered as
Other number type
Other BM number
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School/Style
Subject - Comment
Subject - Subject
calc acquisition link.spec acquisition date text