Image
Object: Image
- Artist | Manufacturer:
- Unknown maker
- Title:
- Carved defense
- Date:
- around 19xx (?) - before 1973
- Inventory Number:
- 1973-063/053
- Collection:
- Non european collections
- Domain:
- Africa
- Arts and Crafts
- Designation:
- Tusk
- Iconography:
- Woman
- Fish
- Décor d'oiseaux
- Geometric form ornament
- Snake
- Crapaud
- Material | Technique:
- Ivory
- Measurements:
- H x L x P: 31.5 x 4.2 x 4.4 cm
- Description:
- Ivory. Fully carved tooth: woman dressed in a long dress standing on the tip of the faceted carving with fish & birds; above: on the same faceted background: turtle, elephant, figure bitten by a snake and "toad". - Inventory of objects purchased by the museum in 1973. N.B.: This is a faithful transcription of Miss E. Wilhelm’s inventory, the terms used in 1976 have not been modified, even those whose use is considered critical today.
- Location:
- Depot
- Acquisition method:
- Purchase
- Acquisition date:
- 1973
- Copyright:
-
Work: In Copyright | The image is subject to copyright. The rights holders could not be determined. If you have any supporting information, please email digital@mnaha.etat.lu
Image(s): In Copyright | © MNAHA / Photo : Tina Pfeifer
Metadata: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
- Photographer:
- Tina Pfeifer
Object: Image
- Artist | Manufacturer:
- Unknown maker
- Title:
- Carved defense
- Date:
- around 19xx (?) - before 1973
- Inventory Number:
- 1973-063/053
- Collection:
- Non european collections
- Domain:
- Africa
- Arts and Crafts
- Designation:
- Tusk
- Iconography:
- Woman
- Fish
- Décor d'oiseaux
- Geometric form ornament
- Snake
- Crapaud
- Material | Technique:
- Ivory
- Measurements:
- H x L x P: 31.5 x 4.2 x 4.4 cm
- Description:
- Ivory. Fully carved tooth: woman dressed in a long dress standing on the tip of the faceted carving with fish & birds; above: on the same faceted background: turtle, elephant, figure bitten by a snake and "toad". - Inventory of objects purchased by the museum in 1973. N.B.: This is a faithful transcription of Miss E. Wilhelm’s inventory, the terms used in 1976 have not been modified, even those whose use is considered critical today.
- Location:
- Depot
- Acquisition method:
- Purchase
- Acquisition date:
- 1973
- Copyright:
-
Work: In Copyright | The image is subject to copyright. The rights holders could not be determined. If you have any supporting information, please email digital@mnaha.etat.lu
Image(s): In Copyright | © MNAHA / Photo : Tina Pfeifer
Metadata: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
- Photographer:
- Tina Pfeifer
