Sammlung Weltkulturen der Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen: IV Af 4833
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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 |
| Description | Richly decorated tusk with ornamental carvings showing human and animal motifs including also the double trunk-hand emblem. |
| Type | tusk |
| Materials | ivory |
| Size, Dimensions | length: 192,00 cm; diameter 15,00 cm; |
| Dating of Object |
Museum / Collection / Acquisition
This information was provided by the German museum where the object is currently located or where it was located prior to restitution.
| Museum | Sammlung Weltkulturen der Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen |
| Museum Inv.-No | IV Af 4833 |
| Collector | Hermann Meyer, Leipzig |
| Acquisition date | 1935 |
| Circumstances of acquisition | Acquired 1935 by exchange among museums in Baden and received from the Baden State Museum in Karlsruhe, which in turn had received it from Hermann Meyer, Leipzig, in 1903, as a donation. |
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Current ownership status and location
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Categorization for the search functions
This information was included by the German Contact Point for Collections from Colonial Contexts and is intended to make the object easier to find in the database.
| Object Type | tusk |
| Materials | ivory |
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Dataset
| ID | 1264 |
| last Change | 2022-10-04 12:01:30 |
| License | Sammlung Weltkulturen der Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen |