Medicine man's tusk carved at one end with human face

Medicine man's tusk carved at one end with human face

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Medicine man's tusk carved at one end with human face
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Medicine man's tusk carved at one end with human face, perforated for suspension, Central Africa, 1880-1920

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Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A651081
Materials:
ivory
Measurements:
max: length 153 mm
width 24 mm
max: height 32 mm
length 22 mm
type:
tusks