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Ancestral Altar Tusk

c. 1820 · Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, United States

Custody: Museum · Type: Sculpture · Status: Active

Recorded provenance

• unknown: → (cleveland) Commissioned by Ọba Ọsẹmwẹdẹ [r. 1815–50] from the Igbesanmwan; Ọba Ọsẹmwẹdẹ [r. 1815–50], Royal Palace, Benin City, by descent to Ovọnramwẹn (Ovọnramwẹn Nogbaisi [c. 1857–1914, r. 1888–97]; Brought to England (or Europe) following the Siege of Benin; Katherine (Merkel) White Reswick [1929-1980], Ga

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