Tusk with Figurative Relief

Kongo artist

ca. 1880–1890

Tusk with Figurative Relief by Kongo artist

Medium

Ivory

Dimensions

H. 26 1/2 x W. 5 1/2 x D. 2 1/2 in (H. 67.3 x W. 14 x D. 2 1/2 cm.)

Classification

Bone/Ivory-Sculpture

Culture

Kongo, Vili group

Department

Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Marian Malcolm, in loving memory of her husband, Daniel Malcolm, 2022

Accession Number

2022.516.2

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