Ivory Tusk Carved with Frieze of Figures
Unidentified Kongo or Loango maker
late 19th century
Ivory
Overall: 18 5/8 × 1 13/16 × 1 5/8 in. (47.3 × 4.6 × 4.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Peter H. Voulkos
2001.51.34355
Geography
Place Made: Angola, Central Africa, Africa
Period
19th century
Object Name
Decorative Object
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Course History
French Living and Learning Center, Loic Lerme, Fall 2021
HIST 5.08/AAAS 19, Africa and the World, Naaborko Sackeyfio-Lenoch, Summer 2022
HIST 5.08/AAAS 19, Africa and the World, Naaborko Sackeyfio-Lenoch, Summer 2022
HIST 5.08/AAAS 19, Africa and the World, Naaborko Sackeyfio-Lenoch, Summer 2022
Exhibition History
Works from the Continent of Africa, Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 26, 2019-March 15, 2020.
Provenance
Gerald M. Sylvar Antiques, San Francisco; sold to Roger Arvid Anderson, San Francisco, August 27, 1975; given to Peter Voulkos, Oakland, California, 2001; given to present collection, 2001.
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