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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number IPSMG:ISH.2021.188 Institution name Ipswich Collections Object name Akohen, Oko, tusk Description Carved tip of an elephant tusk, placed in a shrine dedicated to the ancestors of former kings (Obas) in Benin City.Part of the Digital Benin project. Find out more at: https://digitalbenin.org/institutions/70 Creator Edo people Production place Benin, Africa Production date 1700 - 1850 Production period 1800's Material ivory Technique carved Dimensions length: 329.00 mm diameter: 34.00 mm Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

IPSMG:ISH.2021.188
Institution name

Ipswich Collections
Object name

Akohen, Oko, tusk
Description

Carved tip of an elephant tusk, placed in a shrine dedicated to the ancestors of former kings (Obas) in Benin City.Part of the Digital Benin project. Find out more at: https://digitalbenin.org/institutions/70
Creator

Edo people
Production place

Benin, Africa
Production date

1700 - 1850
Production period

1800's
Material

ivory
Technique

carved
Dimensions

Details