Object Details
- Description
- Ivory tusk with spiral of relief figures and a snake
- Provenance
- Mr. Bernard Simon, New York, NY, -- to 1978
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- Maker
- Kongo artist
- Geography
- Congo River-lower region, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Topic
- snake
- male
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- Credit Line
- Gift of Bernard Simon
- Data Source
- National Museum of African Art
- Object number
- 78-23-15
- Type
- Sculpture
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Medium
- Ivory
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 34.3 x 5.7 x 3.5 cm (13 1/2 x 2 1/4 x 1 3/8 in.)
- Record ID
- nmafa_78-23-15
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