Figurated Tusk
Maker
Congolese
Maker
Loango
Object number81.17.831
Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann
Exhibition HistoryLos Angeles, California, Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, University of California, African Art in Motion: Icon and Act, Jan. 20 - Mar. 17, 1974 (Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, May 5 - Sept. 22, 1974). Text by Robert Farris Thompson. No cat. no., pp. 70-71, reproduced pl. 96 (as carving).Credit LineGift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company
Dimensions6 15/16 in. (17.6 cm)
Diam.: 1 7/16 in.
MediumIvory
Songye culture, Democratic Republic of the Congo
early 20th century
Object number: 2017.25
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