Tusk
Kongo artist · 1861
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Tusk
Kongo artist · ca. 1860
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Tusk
- Maker
- Kongo artist
- Date
- ca. 1860
- Place
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Material
- Ivory
- Dimensions
- H x W x Diameter: 72.4 x 14.6 x 6 cm (28 1/2 x 5 3/4 x 2 3/8 in.)
- Current collection
- National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
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- Maker
- Kongo artist
- Date
- ca. 1860
- Place
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Material
- Ivory
- Dimensions
- H x W x Diameter: 72.4 x 14.6 x 6 cm (28 1/2 x 5 3/4 x 2 3/8 in.)
- Current collection
- National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
- Rights
- CC0 1.0
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