Ivory Tusk Carved with Frieze of Figures

Unidentified Kongo or Loango maker

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late 19th century

Ivory

Overall: 18 5/8 × 1 13/16 × 1 5/8 in. (47.3 × 4.6 × 4.2 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Peter H. Voulkos

2001.51.34355

Geography

Place Made: Angola, Central Africa, Africa

Period

19th century

Object Name

Decorative Object

Research Area

Africa

Not on view

Course History

French Living and Learning Center, Loic Lerme, Fall 2021

HIST 5.08/AAAS 19, Africa and the World, Naaborko Sackeyfio-Lenoch, Summer 2022

HIST 5.08/AAAS 19, Africa and the World, Naaborko Sackeyfio-Lenoch, Summer 2022

HIST 5.08/AAAS 19, Africa and the World, Naaborko Sackeyfio-Lenoch, Summer 2022

Exhibition History

Works from the Continent of Africa, Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 26, 2019-March 15, 2020.

Provenance

Gerald M. Sylvar Antiques, San Francisco; sold to Roger Arvid Anderson, San Francisco, August 27, 1975; given to Peter Voulkos, Oakland, California, 2001; given to present collection, 2001.

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