Sammlung Weltkulturen der Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen: IV Af 3111

Die Sammlung Weltkulturen der Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen
Sammlung Weltkulturen der Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen: IV Af 3111
Die Sammlung Weltkulturen der Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen
Sammlung Weltkulturen der Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen: IV Af 3111

 

Object description
This information was provided by the German museum where the object is currently located or where it was located prior to restitution.

Object Name tusk/oliphant/horn
Description Richly decorated tusk/oliphant with carvings mainly below the rectangular blowhole
Type tusk / oliphant
Materials ivory
Size, Dimensions length: 41,00 cm; diameter 4,00 cm
Dating of Object

Museum / Collection / Acquisition
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Museum Sammlung Weltkulturen der Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen
Museum Inv.-No IV Af 3111 (67919)
Collector Hans Meyer, Leipzig
Acquisition date 1925
Circumstances of acquisition Purchased from Hans Meyer and financed by the city of Mannheim based on a city council's decision in 1925
   
Notes

Current ownership status and location

Status
Date of last status change
Current ownership
Holding institution
Current location

Categorization for the search functions
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Object Type tusk
Materials ivory
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Dataset

ID 1262
last Change 2022-10-04 12:01:30
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