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Ipswich Museum
object_number:
IPSMG:R.1954.29
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Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Aken'ni Elao
English designation
Altar Tusk
Category
Altar & Shrine Objects
Provenance
Hill, Bridget Copinger
Location
High St, Ipswich IP1 3QH, United Kingdom
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Ipswich Museum
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Last Updated: 2022-01-20
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english
object_number
object id
IPSMG:R.1954.29
object_name
designation
,
object type
tusk
description
description
Large ivory elephant tusk with five carved bands of interlace decoration spaced evenly along the length.
material
material
ivory
dimension.type
dimensions
length
dimension.unit
dimensions
mm
dimension.value
dimensions
1540
production.period
date made
19th Century
technique
production technique
carved
production.place
production place
Benin City, Nigeria, Africa
acquisition.source
prior source
Copinger-Hill, B., Miss
acquisition.method
accession method
gift
copyright
license
© Ipswich Borough Council: Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service [CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0]. Photography by Douglas Atfield.