Tusk
29-93-9
Location: On Display in the Africa Galleries
From: Nigeria | Benin Kingdom
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 29-93-9 |
| Current Location | Africa Galleries - On Display |
| Culture | Edo (Africa) |
| Provenience | Nigeria | Benin Kingdom |
| Date Made | 19th century CE |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Ivory | Elephant Tusk |
| Technique | Carved |
| Description | Carved elephant tusk damaged by fire. Figure of fish-leg king,(two crocodiles issuing from crown of his head, bottom tier of carving has figure flanked by two figures in European costume, between which is an elephant's head, the trunk terminating in a hand holding a feather. |
| Height | 142.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from the Estate of George Byron Gordon, 1927 |
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