FMNH 8144.nosub[1]
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Description: Carved elephant tusk [Ivory]. showing warrior with a spear in each hand 5 foot 6 inches; edit(c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
Description: Carved elephant tusk [Ivory]. showing warrior with a spear in each hand 5 foot 6 inches; edit(c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
Description: Carved elephant tusk [Ivory]. showing warrior with a spear in each hand 5 foot 6 inches(c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
Description: Carved elephant tusk [Ivory] showing European man figure, 7 foot 4 inches; editPhotographer: Charles H. Carpenter : Field Museum of Natural History
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Description: Carved elephant tusks [Ivory] showing European man figure, 7 foot 4 inches(c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
Description: Detail of Carved elephant tusk [Ivory]. showing warrior with a spear in each hand 5 foot 6 inchesPhotographer: James Balodimas
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Description: Africa exhibit record documentation of Hall 18 cases(c) Field Museum of Natural History
Description: Cases and photographic prints mounted on panels, The Art of Benin exhibit, looking west. Documentation of exhibit.Download fileScanner: Mr. Christopher J. Philipp : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology
Transcriber: Julia W. Kennedy : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology Collections
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Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Field Columbian Museum. | 22-2 | Country Africa | People | Locality Benin | Name Carved elephant's tusk 5' 6" long | Collection Museum Purchase thro' E.E. Ayer | Where Placed | Notes L 167.5 cm, 66" [LEFT MARGIN] A | Ent. | No 8144 | ac. 862 [BACK] Men + gun & [ILLUSTRATION] sword | [illegible] | men + spear & sword | " + keys & staff | snake | appearance of old & new | birds, snakes, frogsCatalog Number: 8144.nosub[1]Description: tuskMaterials: animal tooth; elephant tusk - ivoryCultural Attribution: EdoLocality: Africa, Nigeria, Edo, Benin Kingdom, Benin City: Benin CityAccession Number: [862] E. E. Ayer (Purchase)Accession Year: 1904Other Numbers: 307, XL, 99449, 99537, 99538, CSA58327, GN87049_34, GN83906_4, A99565Country: NigeriaProvince/State: EdoCity/Town: Benin CityCollector/Source: Edward E. Ayer : Field Columbian Museum [FCM], Edward E. Ayer : Field Columbian Museum [FCM]EMu IRN: 1312524GUID: 6cdc1f88-0e11-43c7-bbbd-7267bae73028Disclaimer: The Field Museum's online Anthropology Collections Database may contain cultural items and historical records that are culturally sensitive. Some records may also include offensive language. These records do not reflect the Field Museum's current viewpoint but rather the social attitudes and circumstances of the time period when items were collected or cataloged. Visitors to this site are also advised that some records may contain names, images, and recordings of deceased individuals and that some records document human remains.
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