Africa
Ancestral Altar Tusk
When it was made
c. 1820
How do we know this date?
The work was created over a period of time. (datowanie wg muzeum (Cleveland Museum of Art))
Certainty: moderate Source: Cleveland Museum of Art
Facts
- Culture
- Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Ẹdo peoples, members of the Igbesanmwan (wood and ivory carvers) guild
- Place of origin
- Kingdom of Benin, Nigeria
- Where it is today
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Type
- Rzeźba
- Material
- ivory
