Research notes
Unit
Davis Museum Benin Kingdom Files
Actors
Source actors
Borgatti, Jean
Mentioned actors
Schindler, Franyo & Gustave
Blackmun, Barbara Winston
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Objects Mentioned

1 objects
Altar Tusk
ID Number
1955.14
Davis Museum at Wellesley College
Edo designations
Aken'ni Elao
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Title
Tusk for memorial altar to Oba Osemwende, ca. 1851–88
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