Elephant Tusk with Scenes of African life
The tusk is carved in high relief with a procession of figures in a rising spiral. It is thought to have been carved by the Vili people of Loango for the French traders who dominated the area.The scenes, which read from the bottom, show a war between two African peoples, in wh...
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Tiffany & Company, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown], Henry Walters, Baltimore, ca. 1910, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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18
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.586 |
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