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Carved Ivory Tusk Depicting the Slave Trade

Carved Ivory Tusk Depicting the Slave Trade

Ivory
18 13/16 x 2 1/8 x 1 13/16 in. (47.8 x 5.4 x 4.6 cm)
Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection
47.145
Provenance: E. L. Gillespie to SAM 1947; Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection
location
Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, West African Sculpture, Feb. 8 - Mar. 8, 1970. Text by Rene Bravmann. Cat. no. 93, p. 48 (as Benin).

Detroit, Michigan, Detroit Institute of Arts, Through African Eyes: The European In African Art, 1500 to Present, Apr. 18 - Aug.8, 2010 (Kansas City, Missouri, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Sept. 25, 2010 - Jan. 9, 2011). Text by Nii O. Quarcoopome. Cat. no. 13, reproduced p. 158.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Emblems of Encounter: Europe and Africa over 500 Years, Jan. 23, 2016 - Jan. 29, 2023.

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