Sculpted tusk from a royal altarNigeria, Benin kingdomEdo. Circa 1735, reign of Oba EresonyenIvory, burn marksAcquired in 1949 from the Berkeley Gallery, London. Collected probably after the sacking of Benin City in 1897MEG Inv. ETHAF 021934
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