Tusk
Kongo artist · ca. 1860
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Tusk
Kongo artist · 19th century
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Tusk
A second NMAfA Kongo/Loango carved tusk, distinct from already-published 74-20-1 and 96-28-1 records.
- Maker
- Kongo artist
- Date
- 19th century
- Place
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Material
- Ivory
- Dimensions
- Exact dimensions to verify from source record during ingest
- Current collection
- National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
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- Maker
- Kongo artist
- Date
- 19th century
- Place
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Material
- Ivory
- Dimensions
- Exact dimensions to verify from source record during ingest
- Current collection
- National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
- Rights
- CC0 1.0
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